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# for — For loop

The FOR construct is a control flow structure for arithmetic progression, enumerating values of a given numeric range.

On each loop iteration, the embedded code is executed with the loop counter assigned to 'var'.

### Attributes
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ------- | ----------- |
| var | var |  | Variable name for loop counter |
| from | int |  | From |
| to | int |  | To |
| step | int | 1 | Step |

### Children
- (none)

### Parents
- (not restricted in the reference)

### Result
- (none documented)

### Examples

```xml
<for var="count" from="6" to="10" step="2">
	<output>$count&n;</output>
</for>

<!--
6
8
10
-->
```

```xml
<for var="count" from="10" to="6" step="2">
	<output>$count&n;</output>
</for>

<!--
10
8
6
-->
```