for ... in is a drop-in replacement for for. It supports an expanded syntax for looping over iterators, and is fully compatible with the standard for command. It can be downloaded as a part of ycl, or copied straight from this page. package require is optional, and indicates how to use this command as part of ycl.
package require ycl::iter
for {varname1 ...} in iterator_name1 [{varname {varnameX ... } in iterator_nameX] ... script This drop-in replacement for for is distributed with ycl, and is also presented below.
like foreach for lists, it can operate on multiple iterators and take an arbitrary number of items each time from each iterator. Also like foreach, empty strings are produced as necessary for any iterator which is depleted before the others.
Note that return -code break within an iterator will cause the for loop to break, so it should be used with care.
PYK 2012-12-12: use set instead of variable. This fixes "already exists" error. Added tailcall per DKF's suggestion.
PYK 2013-10-28: fix to make relative procedure names work
newer code may be available in the ycl repository
tcllib is only needed for ErrorInfoAsCaller, which is trivial to remove.
proc for args {
if {[lindex $args 1] eq "in"} {
if {[llength $args] % 3 != 1} {
return -code error "wrong # of arguments"
}
set iters [dict create]
set vars [dict create]
while {[llength $args] > 1} {
set args [lassign $args[set args {}] varnames /dev/null iter]
if {$iter ne {} \
&& [set iter [uplevel [list namespace which $iter]]] eq {}} {
return -code error \
"no such iterator: $iter. Was \[foreach] was intended?"
}
dict set iters $iter 1
dict set vars $varnames $iter
}
set body [lindex $args[set args {}] 0]
while {[dict size $iters]} {
set newvals[set newvals {}] [dict create]
dict for {varnames iter} $vars {
foreach varname $varnames {
if {[namespace which $iter] eq {}} {
dict unset iters $iter
dict set newvals $varname {}
} else {
dict set newvals $varname [uplevel [list $iter]]
if {[namespace which $iter] eq {}} {
dict unset iters $iter
dict set newvals $varname {}
}
}
}
}
if {[dict size $iters]} {
dict for {varname val} $newvals {
uplevel [list set $varname $val]
}
set code [catch {uplevel $body} result]
switch -exact -- $code {
0 {}
1 {
return -errorinfo [
::control::ErrorInfoAsCaller uplevel for...in] \
-errorcode $::errorCode -code error $result
}
3 {
# FRINK: nocheck
return
}
4 {}
default {
return -code $code $result
}
}
} else {
break
}
}
} else {
if {[namespace which ::tailcall] ne {}} {
tailcall for_orig {*}$args
} else {
uplevel [list [namespace current]::for_orig {*}$args]
}
}
}This older version didn't take care to leave variables in their last-used state
package require control
namespace import ::control::ErrorInfoAsCaller
rename ::for for_orig
interp alias {} ::for {} [namespace current]::for
proc for_old args {
if {[lindex $args 1] eq "in"} {
if {[llength $args] % 3 != 1} {
return -code error "wrong # of arguments"
}
set assigns {}
set assign_template {
if {[namespace which $iter] eq {}} {
variable $varname {}
} else {
variable $varname [$iter]
if {[namespace which $iter] eq {}} {
variable $varname {}
}
}
}
set conditions {}
set condition_template {[namespace which $iter] ne {}}
while {[llength $args] > 1} {
set args [lassign $args[unset args] varnames /dev/null iter]
if {$iter ne {} && [uplevel [::list namespace which $iter]] eq {}} {
return -code error "no such iterator: $iter. Maybe \[foreach] was intended?"
}
foreach varname $varnames {
lappend assigns [string map [list \$iter [list $iter] \$varname [list $varname]] \
$assign_template]
}
lappend conditions [string map [list \$iter [list $iter]] $condition_template]
}
set assigns [join $assigns \n]
set args [join $args \n]
set code [catch {uplevel "while {[join $conditions { || }]} {
$assigns
if {!([join $conditions { || }])} {
break
}
$args
}"} result]
switch -exact -- $code {
0 {}
1 {
return -errorinfo [::control::ErrorInfoAsCaller uplevel for...in] \
-errorcode $::errorCode -code error $result
}
3 {
# FRINK: nocheck
return
}
4 {}
default {
return -code $code $result
}
}
} else {
if {[namespace which ::tailcall] ne {}} {
tailcall for_orig {*}$args
} else {
uplevel [list [namespace current]::for_orig {*}$args]
}
}
}namespace eval basket {
set items [list apples oranges bananas kiwis pears]
set current 0
proc next {} {
variable items
variable current
if {$current < [llength $items]} {
return [lindex $items [expr {[incr current]-1}]]
}
rename [lindex [info level 0] 0] {}
}
}
set result [list]
for fruit in basket::next {
lappend result $fruit
}
puts $resultproduces
apples oranges bananas kiwis pears
Example:
set result [list]
for {key val} in [coroutine students apply {{} {
yield [info coroutine]
set db {
Jack 97
Sally 89
Bob 83
Jill 77
John 72
}
set index -1
foreach {name score} $db {
yield $name
yield $score
}
}}] prize in [coroutine prizes apply {{} {
yield [info coroutine]
foreach item { first second third } {
yield $item
}
}}] {
lappend result $key $val $prize
}
puts $resultproduces:
Jack 97 first Sally 89 second Bob 83 third Jill 77 {} John 72 {}