for loop increment

[jyang72211]

Hi all,

It will be very convenient to have the ability to change the amount increment in a for loop.  Currently, the i in for loop start at 0 and increment by 1 for each iteration.  It will be great if we can change the start point of i and the amount increment, similiar to what we can do in c.

for(i=2; i<10; i=i+3)

Yik

[RavensFan]

I would say what you are suggesting has already been proposed here "Start-Step-Stop" structure on For loops.

[JackDunaway]

Check out Raven's link above, and check out my first comment on that link. This idea is a duplicate of a duplicate. But this functionality is so fundamental that I truly believe - in some type of an XKCD existential sort-of a way - that by Kudoing all three Ideas, it will more likely be implemented....

[CrystalTech]

I like this idea.  There would certainly have to be a redesign of the box to allow 2 integers to show, but Kudos for the idea.

[JackDunaway]

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CrystalTech wrote:

There would certainly have to be a redesign of the box to allow 2 integers to show

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No, there would have to be three terminals, Begin, End and Increment. And why limit the parameters to integers? Check out asco's original Smart Iterators with Loops.

[muks]

Definetly useful. Kudos!!!

[Alexander_Sobolev]

In C it is very powerfull because you can use any expression in stop condition and "increment" action, and it can include variables from all other program. I do not think that merging formula node, stop condition and iteration terminal into one item is a good idea.

If you need modified iteration terminal, expression node is very compact. 

[Darren]

Duplicate of http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/quot-Start-Step-Stop-quot-structure-on-For-loops/idi-p...