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This article will explain how to use "For...Next" and "For Each...Next" Looping!

There are times when looping with For..Next comes in handy, like populating a dropdown menu dynamically or setting a Boolean depending on if an item is in an array or collection. You can step through an Array or collection with the For..Next loop. We will cover the basics here

Lets say you want to add a number to the end of a string then we can do this

  <%
    Dim i
    
    For i = 1 to 10
      Response.Write "image"&i&"<br />"
    Next
  %>
                      

If we run the code we get this:

image1
image2
image3
image4
image5
image6
image7
image8
image9
image10

If you only want to add even numbers to the string then we can use the Step method:

  <%
    Dim i
    
    For i = 2 to 10 Step 2
      Response.Write "image"&i&"<br />"
    Next
  %>
                      

To get this:

image2
image4
image6
image8
image10

If you have an Array or collection you can loop through it using the For Each...Next Loop:

  <%
    Dim x
    Dim colors(2)
    
    colors(0)="Red"
    colors(1)="White"
    colors(2)="Blue"
    
    For Each x in colors
      Response.Write x&"<br />"
    Next
  %>
                      

Gives us this:

Red
White
Blue

We can check to see if a certain item is in the Array and print only that item:

  <%
    Dim x
    Dim names(2)
    
    names(0)="Steve"
    names(1)="Jay"
    names(2)="Felicia"
    
    For Each x in names
      If x = "Jay" Then
        Response.Write x
        Exit For
      End If
    Next
  %>
                      

Gives us this:

Jay

There is a lot you can do with For...Next looping and I encourage you to play around with it!