For loop question

trante

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Hello,
How can i do this in autohotkey?
Thank you

for i=1 to 12
{
MsgBox, hello! %i%
}

Help file didn't help:
For Key [, Value] in Expression

- Posted 15 May 2011 - 06:58 PM

Solar

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Loop 12

	MsgBox, hello! %A_Index%

- Posted 15 May 2011 - 07:06 PM

trante

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Loop 12
	MsgBox, hello! %A_Index%

You mean that
"for i=5 to 12" is equal to "Loop 8"

But i use variable "i" in my code.
for example
"if i<7
then ....
elseif i>10
then ....
end"

- Posted 15 May 2011 - 07:47 PM

Solar

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You mean that
"for i=5 to 12" is equal to "Loop 8"

But i use variable "i" in my code.
for example
"if i<7
then ....
elseif i>10
then ....
end"

2 examples:

i := 5
Loop 8 { ; i + 8 (12)
	if (i < 7)
		continue ; then ...
	else if (i > 10)
		continue ; then ...
	i += 1 ; change increment
}

loop 8 {
	i := A_Index+4 ; 5 start with + 1 increment
	if (i < 7)
		continue ; then ...
	else if (i > 10)
		continue ; then ...
}

- Posted 15 May 2011 - 07:55 PM

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Thank you very much for help

- Posted 15 May 2011 - 08:05 PM

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You can also define variables in the Loop statement by turning it into an expression. This would save you a line:

Loop % (i := 5) + 3 ; loops 5+3 times, i = 12 at the break
	i += 1

- Posted 15 May 2011 - 08:08 PM

trante

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Thank you Solar for helps.
But a "for-loop" would be very helpful if autokey had it.
Regards

- Posted 15 May 2011 - 08:14 PM

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Thank you Solar for helps.
But a "for-loop" would be very helpful if autokey had it.
Regards

Why? Loop is essentially the same without an inline increment.

- Posted 15 May 2011 - 08:17 PM

trante

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Thank you Solar for helps.
But a "for-loop" would be very helpful if autokey had it.
Regards
Why? Loop is essentially the same without an inline increment.

Well that's my habit from other languages

To express increment in the beginning of loop. For this reason, i don't like "while-do" loops what makes inside increments compulsive

- Posted 15 May 2011 - 08:59 PM

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But a "for-loop" would be very helpful if autokey had it.

... based on this post:

for i in list.new(5,12)

   MsgBox, %i%





class List {

   New(Start, End, Step=1) {

      return {1:Start-Step, 2:End, 3:Step, base:this}

   }

   _NewEnum() {

      return this

   }

   Next(ByRef var) {

      return (var := this[1] := this[1] + this[3]) <= this[2]

   }

}

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- Posted 16 May 2011 - 06:01 AM

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for i in list.new(5,12)
MsgBox, %i%

class List {
New(Start, End, Step=1) {
return {1:Start-Step, 2:End, 3:Step, base:this}
}
_NewEnum() {
return this
}
Next(ByRef var) {
return (var := this[1] := this[1] + this[3]) <= this[2]
}
}

If I got to the point that I wanted a for loop that badly (or classes or OOP in general), I'd use another language that does them naturally rather than that mess

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- Posted 16 May 2011 - 07:48 AM

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Here's a really unelegant solution (but it does let you do the for loop).

Just put this somewhere in the code:

for(var,start,step,end,sub)
{
	%var% := start
	count := end-start+1
	loop %count%
	{
		tooltip 
		gosub % sub
		%var%:=%var%+step
	}
}

example:

for("i",5,1,12,"dothis")
return

dothis:
MsgBox % i
return

but like other people have mentioned, its nothing a normal loop can't do. although I agree with you that its easier to transfer the skill from other languages.

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- Posted 16 May 2011 - 04:01 PM

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