OpenEuphoria

RE: Eu Doc's

• Posted by Mindpower <mindpower at mediaone.net> Apr 11, 2001
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Thomas Parslow (PatRat) wrote:
> > Hi Robert Hi All,
> >   I am not new to Euphoria but I have not used Euphoria in a very long 
> > time.  Anyway I am back with Euphoria again and I can't remember some 
> > things about it.  I clipped this from the documentation but I am not 
> > understanding something here and I know this may seem simple but here it 
> > 
> > goes anyway.  In Example 2 below what variable type is "i" in the line 
> > "for i = 1 to length(x) do".  I tried this same simple for loop and 
> > declared i as an integer but when I run the program it says that I am 
> > trying to redefine that variable.  If anyone could give me a kick start 
> > back into Eu I would greatly appreciate it.
> 
> the for..do..end for statement automatically declares the counter
> variable. That means that you do not need to (and indeed cannot)
> declare it yourself. You can use the counter (i) within the for loop
> but not outside it.
> 
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Hi Thomas,
Thank you for the information but that still does not tell me what type 
of variable "i" is????  I guess my point is what type of variable does 
the length() routine return?  I thought it was an integer but I guess it 
is some other type???? 


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MindPower