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For
For[
start
,
test
,
incr
,
body
] executes start, then repeatedly evaluates body and incr until test fails to give True.
For evaluates its arguments in a non-standard way.
For[
start
,
test
,
incr
] does the loop with a null body.
The sequence of evaluation is test, body, incr. The For exits as soon as test fails.
If Break[
] is generated in the evaluation of body, the For loop exits.
Continue[
] exits the evaluation of body, and continues the loop by evaluating incr.
Unless Return[
expr
] or Throw[
expr
] is generated, the final value returned by For is Null.
Example: For[tot=0;
i=0,
i
<
3,
i++,
tot
+=
f[i]]. Note that the roles of semicolon and comma are reversed relative to the C programming language.
See the Mathematica book: Section 2.5.9.
See also: Do, While, Throw.
Further Examples
Here is a common form of a For loop. i++ increments the value of i each time through the loop.
In[1]:= 
1
2
3
4
Here is a more complicated For loop. The loop terminates as soon as the test i^2
<
10 fails.
In[2]:= 
1 + x
3 + x
6 + x
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