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NEXT
Abbreviation: N <SHIFT+E>
TYPE: Statement
FORMAT: NEXT[<counter>][,<counter>]...
Action: The NEXT statement is used with FOR
to establish the end of a FOR...NEXT loop.
The NEXT need not be physically the last statement in the loop,
but it is always the last statement executed in a loop. The <counter>
is the loop index's variable name used with FOR to start the loop.
A single NEXT can stop several nested loops when it is followed
by each FOR's <counter> variable name(s). To do this each
name must appear in the order of inner-most nested loop first,
to outer-most nested loop last. When using a single NEXT to increment
and stop several variable names, each variable name must be separated
by commas. Loops can be nested to 9 levels. If the counter variable(s)
are omitted, the counter associated with the FOR of the current
level (of the nested loops) is incremented.
When the NEXT is reached, the counter value is incremented by
1 or by an optional STEP value. It is then
tested against an end-value to see if it's time to stop the loop.
A loop will be stopped when a NEXT is found which has its counter
value greater than the end-value.
EXAMPLES of NEXT Statement:
10 FOR J=1 TO 5: FOR K=10 TO 20: FOR N=5 TO -5 STEP - 1
20 NEXT N,K,J (Stopping Nested Loops)
10 FOR L=1 TO 100
20 FOR M=1 TO 10
30 NEXT M
400 NEXT L (Note how the loops do NOT cross each other)
10 FOR A=1 TO 10
20 FOR B=1 TO 20
30 NEXT
40 NEXT (Notice that no variable names are needed)
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