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9.6 for statement

The for statement has the form 



	labelopt  for ( expression-1opt ; expression-2opt ; expression-3opt ) statement
It is equivalent to 


	expression-1 ;
	while ( expression-2 ) {
		statement
		expression-3 ;
	}
in the absence of continue or break statements. Thus (just as in C), the first expression is an initialization, the second a test for starting and continuing the loop, and the third a re-initialization for subsequent travels around the loop.

05/Jun/97