<CSP:LOOP>

Delimits the body of a FOR loop.

Synopsis

<CSP:LOOP>...</CSP:LOOP>

Attributes

General Attributes

Attribute	Description	Value
COUNTER	Required. The name of the counter variable used by this loop.	A valid variable name.
FROM	The starting value of the loop counter.	A numeric value or expression.
STEP	The amount the loop counter is changed by on each iteration.	A numeric value or expression.
TO	The ending value of the loop counter.	A numeric value or expression.

Description

The CSP:LOOP tag repeatedly executes its contents until a counter reaches the specified stop value.

The basic structure of a CSP FOR loop is:

<CSP:LOOP attributes>
content
</CSP:LOOP>

where attributes are the attributes of the CSP:LOOP tag (listed above) and content is the content to display during each iteration of the loop.

Counter in a FOR Loop

FOR loop execution is controlled by a server-side counter that is incremented during each iteration of the loop. The local variable used as a counter is specified by the COUNTER attribute:

<CSP:LOOP COUNTER="count">

where count is the name of the counter variable.

You must specify a COUNT attribute for every CSP:LOOP tag.

Initial Value of the Counter

You can specify the initial value of the counter using the FROM attribute:

<CSP:LOOP COUNTER="count" FROM="initval">

where count is the name of the counter variable and initval is its initial value.

If you do not specify a FROM attribute then the initial counter value will be 1.

Final Value of the Counter

You can specify the final value of the counter using the TO attribute:

<CSP:LOOP COUNTER="count" FROM="initval" TO="finalval">

where count is the name of the counter variable, initval is its initial value, and finalval is the last value that initiates a new iteration of the loop.

If you do not specify a TO attribute then the final counter value will be 1.

Counter Increment

You can specify the increment value of the counter using the STEP attribute:

<CSP:LOOP COUNTER="count" FROM="initval" TO="finalval" STEP="incr">

where count is the name of the counter variable, initval is its initial value, finalval is the last value that initiates a new iteration of the loop, and incr is the value added to the counter at the end of each iteration. incr does not have to evaluate to an integer; you can step by any number.

If you do not specify a STEP attribute then the increment value will be 1.

Take Value from Server

If you want to take values from the server, you can use:

<CSP:LOOP COUNTER="count" FROM="#(initval)#" TO="#(finalval)#" STEP="incr">

<CSP:LOOP> Examples

This simple FOR loop displays the value of the counter during each iteration of the FOR loop:

<UL>
<CSP:LOOP COUNTER="i" FROM="0" TO="6" STEP="1.5">
  <LI>The value of the counter is #(i)#.
</CSP:LOOP>
</UL>

This loop displays exam scores for a student, taking its end value from the server:

<TABLE>
<TR><TH>Exam</TH><TH>Score</TH></TR>
<CSP:LOOP COUNTER="i" FROM="1" TO="#(student.ExamScore.Count())#">
  <TR><TD>#(i)#</TD><TD>#(student.ExamScore.GetAt(i))#</TD></TR>
</CSP:LOOP>
</TABLE>

Specifying Script Language

The CSP:LOOP tag will fire one of two rules depending on whether the language is set to cache or basic; these two rules are %LOOP and %LOOPBASIC.