Executes one or more statements iteratively while a condition remains true. Executes an initialization statement. Checks the condition before executing the statements and executes an increment statement after executing the statements.

Note This @function is new with Release 6.

Syntax

@For( initialize ; condition ; increment ; statement ; ... )

Parameters

initialize

A statement that assigns an initial value to a variable in condition.

Expression that returns a value of True (1) or False (0).

A statement that changes the initialized variable, typically incrementing it.

A formula language statement. The maximum number of statements you can include is 252.

true

True (1) unless an error occurs during execution of the condition. An "unexpected data type" error occurs if the conditional expression results in a non-numeric value.

@For executes the initialize statement once. Next @For evaluates the condition. If the condition is True (1), @For executes the statements, executes the increment statement, and evaluates the condition again. If the condition is False (0), @For terminates.

Tip If you are looping through a field containing a list, be sure the "Allow multiple values" check box is selected in the Field Properties box for the list field.

The formula engine exits a formula or breaks an infinite loop if the time spent performing the iterations exceeds the standard timeout value allowed for an operation.

For other iterative statements, see @DoWhile and @While.

Language cross-reference

While statement of LotusScript language

For statement of LotusScript language

Example
See Also

Using iterative statements
"Enhancements to the formula language in Rnext" on the Lotus Developer Domain

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