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CFLOOP

Looping is a very powerful programming technique that lets you repeat a set of instructions or display output over and over until one or more conditions are met. CFLOOP supports five different types of loops:

• Index Loops

• Conditional Loops

• Looping over a Query

• Looping over a List

• Looping over a COM Collection or Structure

The type of loop is determined by the attributes of the CFLOOP tag.

cfloop

Index Loops

An index loop repeats for a number of times determined by a range of numeric values. Index loops are commonly known as FOR loops, as in "loop FOR this range of values."

Syntax

<CFLOOP INDEX="parameter_name"
    FROM="beginning_value"
    TO="ending_value"
    STEP="increment">
    ...
    HTML or CFML code to execute
    ...
</CFLOOP>

INDEX

Required. Defines ...