Currently we can use the : operator for looping with FOR statement:

FOR count = 0:3
  realCount = 3 - count

  #MESSAGE realCount
  #WAIT 1
ENDFOR

#MESSAGE "BOOM"

but I suggest add the .. and ..= operators to use as a more readable equivalent to the traditional for-loop operating over a range of values.

The difference between .. and ..= operators is end will be exclusive or inclusive.

Examples

FOR i = 3..0
  #MESSAGE i
ENDFOR

// Prints
// >> 3
// >> 2
// >> 1

Yeah, as you can see above we can use reverse order iteration!

FOR i = 2..=7
  #MESSAGE i
ENDFOR

// Prints
// >> 2
// >> 3
// >> 4
// >> 5
// >> 6
// >> 7

Another example shows "7" also can be displayed.

See also

• #250