Trouble with this psuedo code...

[earlz]

Ok, everyone thinks I'm probably an idiot not being able to understand this psuedo code but what does this do?
FOR 1 TO 10

I know it's a for loop incrementing by 1, but is it's C equivalent

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for(i=1;i<=10;i++)

or

for(i=1;i<10;i++)

I am pretty sure it's the last one but I'm just not completely for sure

[DeletedAccount]

Hi,
Dude its the first one ,if you have picked it up from an algorithm text or something

Regards
Shrek

[pcmattman]

Shrek is correct assuming the context confirms that.

You'll need to give the context to the psuedocode in order to make sense of the individual line.

[01000101]

it really depends.

If it was meant as: FOR [the first object in an array] to the 10th [last object in an array + 1], then for(i = 0; i < 10; i++) would make sense.

If it meant: FOR 1 "TO" 10, then we don't actually use 10, but go up TO 10, thus "< 10" is the correct answer.

If it was a more elementary: FOR 1-10, then it would be assumed that the person wished for 10 objects to be addressed starting at "1", so <= 10 is the correct choice as 10 *should* be included

[Solar]

Canonically, "FOR 1 TO 10" means 1..10, i.e. including the 1 and the 10.

Anything else would really, really surprise me (and sane programming languages are designed not to surprise).

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for ( int i = 1; i <= 10; ++i )
// or
for ( int i = 1; i < 11; ++i )

[Combuster]

True, in BASIC you have the FOR var = a TO b syntax, in which a and b are inclusive.