Re: for loop in prolog

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:29:20 +0200, nobody wrote:

> hi to all,
>
> How could i implement a for loop in prolog. Let's say for
> example that i have an integer variable X and i want to repeat X times a
> specific action. Any idea welcome...

I'm a beginner myself, but I think it would be something like this:

do_n_times(0):- !.
do_n_times(N):-
%do actions,
NewN is N-1,
do_n_times(NewN).

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