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Oddity with For loops in ServiceNow!

Not for the first time, I have noticed issues with For loops in ServiceNow


for (i=0;i<10;i++){

      ....

}


The loop can at times appear to get stuck and the 'i' counter stops incrementing. Having not yet got to the bottom of it, I can only assume that some other object behind the scenes is already using 'i' , or possibly several client scripts using i exist on the form, though in theory the functions should encapsulated.
The problem certainly seems to go away by replacing the above with something like:

for (i_counter=0;i_counter<10;i_counter++){

      ....

}

Hence, I can't say I could recommend using the 'i' variable anywhere in for loops when coding in ServiceNow!

...Watch this space, I may post more once I get to the bottom of why this happens!...

Comments

  1. maybe including var i=0 instead of just i=0 helps...
    for(var i = 0; i < favorites.length; i++) {

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  2. Ran across this one. It was scoping issue - instead of
    for([var] i = 0; i<counter; i++){gs.print(i)}; enclosure helps:
    function() { var x,y,z,i; //<- all local
    for (i=0;i<10;i++){
    gs.print(i);
    }
    so the I is always local to anonymous/function rather than i's in scripts includes. HTH

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    1. Good call Max, thank you. Enjoy the Knowledge18 event mate

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