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-// The Zig language is in rapid development and continuously improves
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-// the language constructs steadily.
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-//
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-// Since version 0.11, the "for-loops" widely used in other languages
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-// such as C, e.g. "for (int i = 0; i < 10..." can now also be formed
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-// similarly in Zig, which previously required a "while" construct.
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-// Similar in this case actually means better, just as Zig generally
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-// tries to make everything simple and "better".
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-//
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-// These new "for-loops" look like the following in Zig:
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-//
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-// for (0..10) |idx| {
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-// // In this case 'idx' takes all values from 0 to 9.
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-// }
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-//
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-// This is really simple and can replace the previous, somewhat bulky:
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-//
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-// var idx: usize = 0;
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-// while (idx < 10) : (idx += 1) {
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-// // Again, idx takes all values from 0 to 9.
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-// }
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-//
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-// This would also simplify exercise 13, for example.
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-// The best way to try this out is to use this exercise, which in the
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-// original looks like this:
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-//
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-// ...
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-// var n: u32 = 1;
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-//
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-// // I want to print every number between 1 and 20 that is NOT
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-// // divisible by 3 or 5.
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-// while (n <= 20) : (n += 1) {
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-// // The '%' symbol is the "modulo" operator and it
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-// // returns the remainder after division.
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-// if (n % 3 == 0) continue;
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-// if (n % 5 == 0) continue;
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-// std.debug.print("{} ", .{n});
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-// }
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-// ...
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+// The Zig language is in rapid development and continuously
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+// improves the language constructs. Ziglings evolves with it.
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+//
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+// Until version 0.11, Zig's 'for' loops did not directly
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+// replicate the functionality of the C-style: "for(a;b;c)"
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+// which are so well suited for iterating over a numeric
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+// sequence.
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+//
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+// Instead, 'while' loops with counters clumsily stood in their
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+// place:
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+//
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+// var i: usize = 0;
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+// while (i < 10) : (i += 1) {
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+// // Here variable 'i' will have each value 0 to 9.
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+// }
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+//
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+// But here we are in the glorious future and Zig's 'for' loops
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+// can now take this form:
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+//
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+// for (0..10) |i| {
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+// // Here variable 'i' will have each value 0 to 9.
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+// }
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+//
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+// The key to understanding this example is to know that '0..9'
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+// uses the new range syntax:
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+//
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+// 0..10 is a range from 0 to 9
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+// 1..4 is a range from 1 to 3
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+//
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+// At the moment, ranges are only supported in 'for' loops.
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+//
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+// Perhaps you recall Exercise 13? We were printing a numeric
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+// sequence like so:
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+//
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+// var n: u32 = 1;
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+//
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+// // I want to print every number between 1 and 20 that is NOT
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+// // divisible by 3 or 5.
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+// while (n <= 20) : (n += 1) {
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+// // The '%' symbol is the "modulo" operator and it
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+// // returns the remainder after division.
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+// if (n % 3 == 0) continue;
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+// if (n % 5 == 0) continue;
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+// std.debug.print("{} ", .{n});
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+// }
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+//
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+// Let's try out the new form of 'for' to re-implement that
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+// exercise:
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//
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const std = @import("std");
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-// And now with the new "for-loop".
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pub fn main() void {
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// I want to print every number between 1 and 20 that is NOT
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@@ -57,8 +65,9 @@ pub fn main() void {
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std.debug.print("\n", .{});
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}
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-
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-// Is actually a little easier. The interesting thing here is that the other
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-// previous 'while' exercises (11,12, 14) cannot be simplified by this
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-// new "for-loop". Therefore it is good to be able to use both variations
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-// accordingly.
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+//
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+// That's a bit nicer, right?
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+//
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+// Of course, both 'while' and 'for' have different advantages.
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+// Exercises 11, 12, and 14 would NOT be simplified by switching
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+// a 'while' for a 'for'.
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