created 04/17/98; revised: 01/03/99, 10/28/99, 01/22/00, 07/20/02, 05/25/03
The for
statement is
a convenient way to program counting loops,
although
it can be used to build all of the three types of loops.
Anything it does could also be done with the fundamental control
statements you already know.
But the for
statement often says just what you want in a
compact, easily understood format.