Summing Numbers

[Keith E. Black]

Can anyone tell me why this doesn't sum numbers or tell me of a better way to do it.
x = x
for T = 1 to 8
x= x +5
print x +5
delay 1
x = x
next T

it seems that the numbers should be 5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40.

print "The total for the 5 numbers should be ";x (40).
My problem is, when I get to the "x" above, the numbers are not added together.

My goal is to write a routine to sum several numbers. And at the end,
I've been struggling with this for 3 hours and could not get it to work.

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[George Bleck]

Keith,

What you are asking for and the information supplied in your "non-working"
demo contradict each other.

In english (not code or psuedo code) describe what your are
trying to do and we'll work from there.

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Every day I try to learn one thing new,
but new things to learn are increasing exponentially.
At this rate I’m becoming an idiot faster and faster !!!
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George W. Bleck
Lead Computer Systems Engineer
KeySpan Corporation

[Ian Cairns]

Keith, by now you may be smacking your head against a wall and going dooh!
Nevertheless, your problem is that you are incrementing the value of x by 5 before printing it. Just "Print x" instead of "Print x+5"and it will be fine.

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[Michael Mattias]

x = x

While it's nice someone has finally posited[ yes, p-o-s-i-t-e-d] something on which we can all agree, this statement is totally superfluous and does nothing.

MCM

[William Rogers]

Eliminate Print x+5 just print x.
Eliminate x=x as x will always equal x


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