Thanks James,
defining the IDs the nested for runs fine now.
Hans
PS
The replace command picks one var out of a bunch of vars. I just dropped
the ifs for simplicity.
James Jetton schrieb:
>
> Hans J. Baumgartner
> >
> > is it possible to run an inner loop using the for command?
> > I think it is
> > not possible but could someone point me to a command that allows for
> > such an inner loop?
> >
> > What I would like to do is basically the following:
> >
> > for any a b c: for num 1984/2000: replace z=YX
>
> Nested for loops often fail if the ids are not explicitly specified.
> For example
>
> for any a b c: for num 1984/2000:
>
> will fail but
>
> for X in any a b c: for Y in num 1984/2000:
>
> will work.
>
> This appears to be a bug in the for ado. Been bitten by this
> hemipteran more than once.
>
> Although I'm not sure what you are trying to do with "replace z=YX".
>
> James Jetton
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