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Qweeg(Posted 2006) [#1]
I have a for - Next Loop with a large chunk of code in it. Depending on the circumstance I either want the Step value to be 1 or 3, but Step is a constant so I can't set it to a variable. I don't want to repeat all the code, so was wondering if there is a way to set the step value according to my circumstance, or whether I need to use a different type of loop.


tonyg(Posted 2006) [#2]
Could you...
mystep=3
For x = 1 To 20 
  Print x
  x=x+mystep
Next

?


SoggyP(Posted 2006) [#3]
Hello.

1) Use an If-Then and have two separate loops.
2) Don't use a for-next, use a while-wend/repeat-until and set the step yourself.

Goodbye.


Qweeg(Posted 2006) [#4]
Yep - thanks guys, I changed it to use a While loop and set the step myself.