Re: For loop Multiple Initialization

From:
James Kanze <james.kanze@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Mon, 3 Nov 2008 14:56:11 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
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On Nov 3, 10:29 pm, "charlie.xia....@gmail.com" <lxia....@gmail.com>
wrote:

for(int i=0,int j=10 ; i<5&&j<10 ; i++ , j--) {}

example from:http://www.tech-faq.com/iterations.shtml
Is not valid in my eclipse cdt.


It's not valid in C++ either. Just another case of someone who
doesn't know the language trying to write about it.

Is there multiple initialization in C++?


Sort of. You can only write one declaration statement, but it
can define multiple variables, e.g.:

    for ( int i = 0, j = 10 ; ... )

Generally speaking, i'ld avoid it, because it is confusing to
have multiple variables defined in the same declaration. But
there are probably exceptions; I know that some people like:

    for ( Container::const_iterator
                            current = c.begin(), end = c.end() ;
            current != end ;
            ++ current )

I'm not that fond of it, but if you raise it to the level of a
"standard idiom" in your code, I don't think I'd have any real
objections.

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