QBasic 1.1: FOR...NEXT Statement

Explanation

Repeats a block of statements a specified number of times.

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FOR counter = start TO end [STEP increment]
   [statementblock]
NEXT [counter [,counter]...]

counter	A numeric variable used as the loop counter.
start and end	The initial and final values of the counter.
increment	The amount the counter is changed each time through the loop.


FOR i% = 1 TO 15
  PRINT i%
NEXT i%
FOR i% = 7 to -6 STEP -3
  PRINT i%
NEXT i%