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In article <f1468$48722d2a$>,
says...
> hi there,
>
> suppose I want to iterate for a specific variable e.g. i , but for non
> regular (or consecutive) values. For example i=0,1,2,4,5,7,8 etc
> how can I do that with a for loop?
>
> MY solution which is not that elegant involves if statements (or switch
> statements) in the body of the loop: e.g.
>
>
> for (int i=0; i<=8; i++)

I'd probably do something like this:

int f(int i) {
if (i==3 || i==6)
return i+2;
return i+1;
}

for (int i=0; i<max; i=f(i))
// whatever

of course, I've only defined f to do exactly what you showed, skipping 3
and 6, but nothing else. If you really meant (for example) to skip all
multiples of three, that's somewhat simpler. In any case, it's purely a
matter of figuring out what you want and writing 'f' to suit.

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Later,
Jerry.

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On Jul 10, 3:55 pm, Jerry Coffin <jcof...@taeus.com> wrote:
> In article <f1468$48722d2a$20...@news.teranews.com>,
> nob...@nowhere.com says...

> > suppose I want to iterate for a specific variable e.g. i ,
> > but for non regular (or consecutive) values. For example
> > i=0,1,2,4,5,7,8 etc how can I do that with a for loop?

> > MY solution which is not that elegant involves if statements
> > (or switch statements) in the body of the loop: e.g.

> > for (int i=0; i<=8; i++)

> I'd probably do something like this:

> int f(int i) {
> if (i==3 || i==6)
> return i+2;
> return i+1;
> }

> for (int i=0; i<max; i=f(i))
> // whatever

Which could easily be written without the function:

for ( int i = 0 ; i < max ; i += (i == 3 || i == 6 ? 2 : 1) )

(Whether that's an improvement is another question. Written on
a single like, like above, it's actually rather intimidating,
but correctly formatted:

for ( int i = 0 ;
i < max ;
i += (i == 3 || i == 6
? 2
: 1) )

it's not that bad.)

> of course, I've only defined f to do exactly what you showed,
> skipping 3 and 6, but nothing else. If you really meant (for
> example) to skip all multiples of three, that's somewhat
> simpler. In any case, it's purely a matter of figuring out
> what you want and writing 'f' to suit.

More generally, in C++, he as two choices:

for ( int i = 0 ; i < max ; ++ i ) {
// use f(i) throughout the loop...
}

or

for ( int i = 0 ; i < max ; i = f(i) ) {
// use i throughout the loop...
}

Most other languages (or at least older languages) only offer
the first.

And of course, in the above, f(i) should be understood as any
arbitrary expression taking an i, and returning the same type.
Array[i], for example (so the previous suggestions fall into the
first pattern).

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