Goto/Conditional Loops?
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- Subject: [mg2853] Goto/Conditional Loops?
- From: abindon at gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (Andre Bindon)
- Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 00:48:35 -0500
- Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Hi! I've been working at this program for a while and seem to be having a
problem that I can't seem to see.
I have a small conditional loop that works:
Label[skip];
Clear[question];
y:=Input["question"];
If[question==y , Print["yes"];Goto[skip],Goto[dnskip]];
Label[dnskip];
Print[dnskip];
This one reads the label and then works properly.However This one doesn't
work properly:
Label[ident];
Do[markdata[[n,1]]=idnum[[n]],{n,1,stnum}];
Clear[checkid,n];
checkid:=Input["Is this correct?"];
If[n==checkid,Goto[ident],Print["save file and continue"]];
Off[SetDelayed::write];
<<Statistics`DescriptiveStatistics`;
Abort[]
Cna someone tell me why the Goto doesn't remember the label?
And the book says that Goto scans the present complex expression for the
Label. Mine only works if the Label was before the Condition.
I'd greatly appreciate all and any help.
Thanks.
Andre