Editing For loop (section)

===1964: BASIC===
{{Further|BASIC}}
In [[BASIC]], a loop is sometimes named a ''for-next loop''.

<syntaxhighlight lang="basic">
10 REM THIS FOR LOOP PRINTS ODD NUMBERS FROM 1 TO 15
20 FOR I = 1 TO 15 STEP 2
30 PRINT I
40 NEXT I
</syntaxhighlight>
The end-loop marker specifies the name of the index variable, which must correspond to the name of the index variable at the start of the for-loop. Some languages (PL/I, Fortran 95, and later) allow a statement label at the start of a for-loop that can be matched by the compiler against the same text on the corresponding end-loop statement. Fortran also allows the {{code|EXIT}} and {{code|CYCLE}} statements to name this text; in a nest of loops, this makes clear which loop is intended. However, in these languages, the labels must be unique, so successive loops involving the same index variable cannot use the same text nor can a label be the same as the name of a variable, such as the index variable for the loop.