How to make a for loop inside a for loop?

[enchanted_bloom]

As I said, a line is already a for loop,how can I put this loop inside a for loop...I've seperated the two loops,but I don't get how I can put one inside of the other one.
One of the loop is like this

code:

for counter1:1..5      put num," ".. end for

The other one is like this..

code:

for counter:1..12      put " ":12,counter end for

how can I make the first loop repeat by using the second loop format..
Thanks

[Tony]

do you know how a for-loop works? Describe it in words.

[enchanted_bloom]

The loop will countinue each time adding up the numbers until the number previously declared..
I think..i'm not sure...

[Tony]

read the documentation -- http://compsci.ca/holtsoft/doc/for.html

then tell me what is meant by statementsAndDeclarations

[enchanted_bloom]

It basically is a execution that keeps on repeating according to the number of times it was declared,each time adding one to the time repeated.It will stop until it has reached the last value declared.
IS it?

[Tony]

yes. Now, what kind of statements can you put in it's place?

[enchanted_bloom]

I think you can put anything...

[Tony]

well... as the name implies: statements And Declarations.

another for-loop happens to be a statement (as is said in top-right corner of the documentation page)

[enchanted_bloom]

uh.huh..i get that part..but if I do it like this

code:

for counter:1..12     for counter1:1..5         put num," "..     end for end for

it doesnt work

[Tony]

why not? I get a compile error for that piece of code; what does it say?

[BigBear]

That will start the first for loop then enter the second and stay in the second untill it is done then restart the first one which will go into the second etc.

[enchanted_bloom]

when it comes out it's a bunch of letters crampled together when i wanted them to be in seperate lines..

[Tony]

what does .. do in

code:

put "text"..

[enchanted_bloom]

oh..it makes the second loop continue on the same line making it look like this
X X X X X
if i didn't do that it will look like this
X
X
X
X
X

[Tony]

does this solve your problem?