# Loops with non intiating variables:

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/loops-with-non-intiating-variables/78940>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-on-Mainframes\
**Created:** [September 4, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/loops-with-non-intiating-variables/78940 "2008-09-04T14:36:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![ROHAN\_LOBO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@ROHAN\_LOBO](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/ROHAN_LOBO)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/loops-with-non-intiating-variables/78940/1 "2008-09-04T14:36:10Z")

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Hi All,

I know that READ and FIND loops initiate variables. I want to know which are the processing loops in natural which does not initiate any variables?

Thanks,  
Rohan.

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**Author:** ![Steve\_Robinson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/steve_robinson/32/107_2.png) [@Steve\_Robinson](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Steve_Robinson)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/loops-with-non-intiating-variables/78940/2 "2008-09-04T16:01:43Z")

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Education, Education, Education.

[http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/documentation/natural/nat424mf/sm/stmt.htm#stmt](http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/documentation/natural/nat424mf/sm/stmt.htm#stmt)

You should find at least six.

steve

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**Author:** ![ROHAN\_LOBO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@ROHAN\_LOBO](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/ROHAN_LOBO)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 10:51am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/loops-with-non-intiating-variables/78940/3 "2008-09-10T10:51:57Z")

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Sorry Steve…If you don’t mind can you please give me one example?

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**Author:** ![Steve\_Robinson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/steve_robinson/32/107_2.png) [@Steve\_Robinson](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Steve_Robinson)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/loops-with-non-intiating-variables/78940/4 "2008-09-10T15:20:24Z")

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Education, education, education.

[http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/documentation/natural/nat424mf/sm/stmt.htm#stmt](http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/documentation/natural/nat424mf/sm/stmt.htm#stmt)

The link above will take you to ALL the loop statements.

If you need one example, how about REPEAT?

steve

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**Author:** ![ROHAN\_LOBO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@ROHAN\_LOBO](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/ROHAN_LOBO)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/loops-with-non-intiating-variables/78940/5 "2008-09-10T15:46:43Z")

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Thanks Steve…What about Histogram? I think even this also does not initiate any variables…Please correct me if i am wrong.

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**Author:** ![Steve\_Robinson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/steve_robinson/32/107_2.png) [@Steve\_Robinson](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Steve_Robinson)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/loops-with-non-intiating-variables/78940/6 "2008-09-10T19:08:38Z")

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Education, education, education !!!

[http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/documentation/natural/nat424mf/sm/histogra.htm](http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/documentation/natural/nat424mf/sm/histogra.htm)

steve

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/loops-with-non-intiating-variables/78940/7 "2021-04-02T14:50:51Z")

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