"for loop" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: for loops [plural]
Etymology: From the keyword FOR, used in many programming languages for this purpose. Head templates: {{en-noun}} for loop (plural for loops)
  1. (programming) A section of code in which an instruction or group of instructions is executed a specific number of times depending on the value of a loop counter. Categories (topical): Programming Related terms: do loop, foreach loop, while loop Translations (section of code): for-løkke [common-gender] (Danish), boucle for [feminine] (French), for-Schleife [feminine] (German), for [masculine] (Portuguese), bucle for [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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