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st: RE: loops


From   "Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: RE: loops
Date   Wed, 20 Apr 2005 10:47:35 +0100

For a problem posed this generally, 
I have two very general comments. 

1. It is often a good idea 
to do the selection before the loop, 
not within it. The stuff documented
at -help macrolists- can help a lot 
to cut out the irrelevant items.  

2. 

foreach x in <list> { 
	if <x is acceptable> { 
		...
	}
} 

is sufficient but not always ideal. 

Given specific examples, I might 
be able to say more. 

Nick 
[email protected] 

Hans J. Baumgartner
 
> I am working on a huge project using loops over loops over loops. 
> 
> Now it happens that I would like to exclude some elements of 
> the loops, 
> i.e.:
> 
> foreach x in ? {
>                 if ?`x?? == ? {
>                         jump do the end of the loop, i.e. ignore all 
> commands till then.
>                 }
>                 some fancy commands
> }
> 

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