6.3. For...Next Repetition Statement

Section 6.2 presented the essentials of counter-controlled repetition with the While statement. Visual Basic also provides the For...Next repetition statement, which specifies the counter-controlled repetition details in a single line of code. To illustrate the power of For...Next, we rewrite the program of Fig. 6.1 using the For...Next statement in Fig. 6.2.

Figure 6.2. Counter-controlled repetition with the For...Next statement.
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					' Fig. 6.2: ForCounter.vb
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					' Using the For...Next statement for counter-controlled repetition.
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					Module ForCounter
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					Sub Main()
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					' initialization, repetition condition and             
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					' incrementing are all included in For...Next statement
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					For counter As Integer = 2
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