FOR..NEXT Loop Bug?

[Darrel Taylor]

Hi Mike,

The syntax is ...

FOR i = 32 to 37

[MSapper]

Thank you Darrel, dumping the i= does correct the problem. I don't do much programing in basic, primarily in c and java. I guess I need to pay a bit more attention. Just one question shouldn't the compiler throw a syntax error? With the improper syntax it compiles without error.

[Darrel Taylor]

Just one question shouldn't the compiler throw a syntax error? With the improper syntax it compiles without error.

Well no ..., What you had wasn't "Invalid Syntax". In fact it was quite legal.
It just didn't make sense for what you wanted to do.

Logical operators return numbers that can be interpreted as True or False, but those numbers can be used for other purposes as well.
It's up to the programmer to determine when they are appropriate.

If it threw an error, some ingenious person would find a valid use for a logical operator in a FOR loop, and they'd be really ticked off when it didn't work.