The FOR statement is used in order to loop over a block of statements.

Syntax

The syntax is:

   FOR ( i = start TO|DOWNTO end [By incr],
          statements;
         );

Warning: One cannot make declarations or define equations inside

       a FOR statement. 

Example 1

One can use FOR statements to control the SOLVE statement. For instance, consider the following bit of GAMS code that randomly searches for a global optimum of a nonconvex model:

   scalar count ;
   for (i = 1 to 1000,
           x.l(j) = uniform(0,1) ;
           option bratio = 1 ;
           solve ml using nlp minimizing obj ;
           if (obj.l le globmin,
               globmin = obj.l ;
               globinit(j) = x.l(j) ;
              ) ;
         ) ;

In this example, a non-convex model is solved from 1000 random starting points, and the global solution is tracked.

Example 2

The following GAMS code is illegal since one cannot define equations inside a FOR statement.

   For (s = 1 to 5 by 1,
            eq.. sum(i,x(i)) =g= 2 ;
         );

Example 3

The following GAMS code is illegal since one cannot make declarations inside a FOR statement.

   For (s=1 to 5 by 1,
            scalar y ; y = 5 ;
          );