How to use FOR NEXT loop in vb.net
Whenever you face a situation in programming to repeat a task for several times --more than one times -- or you have to repeat a task till you reach a condtition, in these situations you can use loop statements to achieve your desired results. This kind of for loop is useful for iterating over arrays and for other applications in which you know in advance how many times you want the loop to iterate.
for-next-loop
The FOR NEXT Loop , execute the loop body --the source code within For ..Next code block-- to a fixed number of times.
For var=--startValue-- To --endValue-- --Step--
--loopBody--
Next --var--
var : The counter for the loop to repeat the steps.
starValue : The starting value assign to counter variable .
endValue : When the counter variable reach end value the Loop will stop .
loopBody : The source code between loop body
Lets take a simple real time example , If you want to show a messagebox 5 times and each time you want to see how many times the message box shows.
1. startVal=1
2. endVal = 5
3. For var = startVal To endVal
4. show message
5. Next var
Line 1: Loop starts value from 1
Line 2: Loop will end when it reach 5
Line 3: Assign the starting value to var and inform to stop when the var reach endVal
Line 4: Execute the loop body
Line 5: Taking next step , if the counter not reach the endVal
VB.NET Source Code
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Button1_Click--ByVal sender As System.Object,
ByVal e As System.EventArgs-- Handles Button1.Click
Dim var As Integer
Dim startVal As Integer
Dim endVal As Integer
startVal = 1
endVal = 5
For var = startVal To endVal
MsgBox--"Message Box Shows " & var & " Times "--
Next var
End Sub
End Class