@vindex DO REPEAT
@display
-DO REPEAT repvar_name=expansion@dots{}.
+DO REPEAT dummy_name=expansion@dots{}.
@dots{}
END REPEAT [PRINT].
different variables, numbers, or strings into the block with each
repetition.
-Specify a repeat variable name followed by an equals sign (@samp{=}) and
+Specify a dummy variable name followed by an equals sign (@samp{=}) and
the list of replacements. Replacements can be a list of variables
-(which may be existing variables or new variables or a combination
-thereof), of numbers, or of strings. When new variable names are
+(which may be existing variables or new variables or some combination),
+numbers, or strings. When new variable names are
specified, @cmd{DO REPEAT} creates them as numeric variables. When numbers
-are specified, runs of integers may be indicated with TO notation, for
-instance @samp{1 TO 5} and @samp{1 2 3 4 5} would be equivalent. There
-is no equivalent notation for string values.
+are specified, runs of increasing integers may be indicated as
+@code{@var{num1} TO @var{num2}}, so that
+@samp{1 TO 5} is short for @samp{1 2 3 4 5}.
-Multiple repeat variables can be specified. When this is done, each
+Multiple dummy variables can be specified. Each
variable must have the same number of replacements.
The code within @cmd{DO REPEAT} is repeated as many times as there are
replacements for each variable. The first time, the first value for
-each repeat variable is substituted; the second time, the second value
-for each repeat variable is substituted; and so on.
-
-Repeat variable substitutions work like macros. They take place
-anywhere in a line that the repeat variable name occurs as a token,
-including command and subcommand names. For this reason it is not a
-good idea to select words commonly used in command and subcommand names
-as repeat variable identifiers.
+each dummy variable is substituted; the second time, the second value
+for each dummy variable is substituted; and so on.
+
+Dummy variable substitutions work like macros. They take place
+anywhere in a line that the dummy variable name occurs as a token,
+including command and subcommand names. For this reason,
+words commonly used in command and subcommand names should not be used
+as dummy variable identifiers.
If PRINT is specified on @cmd{END REPEAT}, the commands after substitutions
are made are printed to the listing file, prefixed by a plus sign