From: | Philip Yarra <philip(at)utiba(dot)com> |
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To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Suggested patch to plpgsql docs (7.4beta) |
Date: | 2003-09-04 00:20:42 |
Message-ID: | 200309041020.42668.philip@utiba.com |
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On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 09:11 am, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Richard Huxton wrote:
> > Addition of one paragraph to the end of section 39.7.3.4 "FOR (integer
> > variant)"
> >
> > Note that this is basically a WHILE loop, so if the lower bound is larger
> > than the upper bound the loop never executes it's contents:
> > FOR i IN 10..1 LOOP
> > RAISE NOTICE ''I do not raise a notice %'',i;
> > END LOOP;
> >
> > I wasn't sure and had to check, so I assume others might find this useful
> > too.
>
> I figured everyone would assume that. I know of no language that will
> execute a loop listed as 10 ... 1.
Basic on my first computer suppported it, though the syntax was
FOR $i in 10 TO 1 STEP -1
PRINT $i
NEXT
I think it is worth stating explicitly. The apostrophe in "it's" is incorrect
though.
Regards, Philip Yarra.
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