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Re: Why doesn't this work?

• Posted by Brett Pantalone <EUSBAPA at AM1.ERICSSON.SE> May 28, 1998
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Hi Alan,

I am new to Euphoria myself, but I think I can see two problems with
your code fragment. First, Euphoria automagically declares loop
variables, so your statement "atom prompt_loop" is redundant and causes
the redeclaration error. Second, the correct syntax for the "for"
statement is "for var = x to y do". You left out the "do" keyword. Hope
this helps!

Brett Pantalone, Ericsson Inc.
Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
MailTo:Brett.Pantalone at ericsson.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Tu [SMTP:ATU5713 at COMPUSERVE.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 7:03 PM
> To:   EUPHORIA at cwisserver1.mcs.muohio.edu
> Subject:      Why doesn't this work?
>
> I am trying to improve a program that prompts for values for a, b,
> c...l.
> I tried to use the input function, but that didn't work.  So I
> returned to
> the basics.  This is what I have.
>
> clear_screen()
> sequence prompt
> atom prompt_loop
> prompt = {97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108}
> for prompt_loop = 1 to 12
> print(1,prompt[prompt_loop])
> end for
> abort
>
> it should print abcdefghijkl.  No, that's wrong.  It should print
> 979899100101102103104... but its not even doing that.  It says I'm
> redefining something.  My logic seems OK.  What's wrong?
>
> --Alan
>