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  • The FORALL Loop:
    • The FORALL loop is a very simple one-line loop. The pound sign (#) is a special character representing the current iteration value. 
      forall #=<start>:<end>;<inc> <command>
      • For example: 
      res n 0
forall #=1:21;2 calc n n # +
    • There are variants of the FORALL that can be used to iterate over the elements of a file. 
      files/f t* ,,1
forall FILES status #
    • Since FORALL is implemented via a macro it has a number of unusual restrictions related to result translation and which commands can be called.
      • See the FORALL explain file for details.
    • The FORALL is the least-frequently-used loop in NeXtMidas. This is primarially because DO and FOREACH are more flexible and provide similar functionality.
X-Midas Users Take Note:
Like NeXtMidas, X-Midas implements FORALL via a macro and has similar restrictions on how it can be used.

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