From: Ben Pfaff <blp@gnu.org>
Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 01:14:16 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Improve DO REPEAT description.
X-Git-Tag: sav-api~1878
X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3ad8e0082c9c38e18e7b5244736e2fd8b97c204d;p=pspp

Improve DO REPEAT description.
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diff --git a/doc/flow-control.texi b/doc/flow-control.texi
index 7b3ef04662..ea9f5a570c 100644
--- a/doc/flow-control.texi
+++ b/doc/flow-control.texi
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ When @cmd{DO IF} or @cmd{ELSE IF} is specified following @cmd{TEMPORARY}
 @vindex DO REPEAT
 
 @display
-DO REPEAT repvar_name=expansion@dots{}.
+DO REPEAT dummy_name=expansion@dots{}.
         @dots{}
 END REPEAT [PRINT].
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ num_or_range takes one of the following forms:
 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 some combination),
 numbers, or strings.  When new variable names are
@@ -91,19 +91,19 @@ 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.  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.
+each dummy variable is substituted; the second time, the second value
+for each dummy 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,
+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 repeat variable identifiers.
+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