C# For loop help

[nemisis652]

Hey, I wasn't quite sure if I should be leaving this here, if this belongs in another board just let me know and I'll take it elsewhere. I am in a software fundamentals class and we are learning C#, and I'm having little issues with my final assignment.

The assignment is to create a For loop that takes a users Starting Number, Ending Number, and Number they wish to count by, then its supposed to count up to that number in a list box. It seemed really simple when I got it but now that I am into the code, I have no idea what to do! This is my first foray into the For loop in any language, and I'm almost certain I am brainfarting here, but if anyone could give me some pointers on using the For loop and what types of things I would need to complete this assignment I would greatly appreciate it.

Heres some of what I have so far:

C#:

private void btnStart_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)         {             //declarations             int intStartNum, intEndNum, intCountRate, counter;             //Project Mainline             //gather required data             try             {                 getData(out intStartNum, out intEndNum, out intCountRate);             }             catch             {                 MessageBox.Show("Input is non numeric or invalid", "Input Error");                 txtStartNum.Focus();                 return;             }             //Clear List Box             lstOutput.Items.Clear();             //Output //This is where I start to draw a blank of what I am supposed to do             for (counter = 0; )             {         }         private void getData(out int getStartNum, out int getEndNum, out int getCountRate)         {             getStartNum = int.Parse(txtStartNum.Text);             getEndNum = int.Parse(txtEndNum.Text);             getCountRate = int.Parse(txtCountRate.Text);         }

P.s. I'm pretty new to this site so I am also not sure how to embed code into my post, sorry :S

Mod edit: You should look into the [ syntax="csharp" ] [ /syntax ] tags.

[rdrake]

Something like

C#:

for (int <name> = <someval>; <name> <condition> <someotherval>; <increment name>) { }

So typically

C#:

for (int i = 0; i < 42; i++) { }

Of course you can also increment i by some number other than 1.

C#:

for (int i = 0; i < 42; i += 2) { }

[Tony]

nemisis652 @ Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:03 pm wrote:

I am in a software fundamentals class

Sounds like something that might be taught beyond high school.

Quote:

and I'm having little issues with my first assignment.

FTFY

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ch45axte.aspx

[nemisis652]

so what your saying is i could possibly:

C#:

for (counter = intStartNum; counter < intEndNum; counter+= intCountRate)

and this would allow my loop to start at the number the user inputted, increment by the users rate and then stop before reaching the users ending number?

Mod Edit: You were supposed to strip out the spaces. I put them in there so you could actually see the tags.

[nemisis652]

also sorry about the tags thing, i just kinda found how to do it, ill revise:

C#:

for (counter = intStartNum; counter < intEndNum; counter+= intCountRate)

[rdrake]

You can edit your posts. And yes, that looks like it's what you want.

[nemisis652]

Thanks for the help guys, also thank you for that Link to the reference. It helped a lot, hopefully I can get this program working in time.

Take it easy friends