For something in something ?

[Morthawt]

I use for loops all the time ( For $a = 1 To $blah ) etc but I don't know what all the "For something in something" means or how it is used. I have seen examples but it makes no sense to me currently.

Could you explain the principle and offer a short and simple example?

Edited November 29, 2012 by Morthawt

[JohnOne]

It's the same as looping through an array with for to next.

But it cannot work with multidimensional arrays, and can work with objects.

Search "For...In...Next" in help file it has examples of both arrays and objects.

[jmon]

The difference is that in a For .. To loop, you go through the index and in a For .. In loop you go through the data contained in the array. Check out this example, you will understand:

Global $aArray[5] = ["Value 1", _
    "Value 2", _
    "Another Value", _
    "And another", _
    "Last one"]

;For .. in
For $TheValue In $aArray
    ConsoleWrite($TheValue & @CRLF)
Next

;For $i = ... to
For $i = 0 To UBound($aArray) -1
    ConsoleWrite($aArray[$i] & @CRLF)
Next

You can see that in the For .. In loop, $TheValue is automatically assigned to the actual value of the array. It loops incrementally until the end of the array.

I hope it's clear enough.

[Morthawt]

Ah perfect! Thanks. I understand now. I have just avoided that because it did not make sense, until now. Thanks