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.so man.macros
.HS foreach tcl
.BS
'\" Note:  do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
.SH NAME
foreach \- Iterate over all elements in a list
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBforeach \fIvarname list body\fR
.BE

.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
In this command \fIvarname\fR is the name of a variable, \fIlist\fR
is a list of values to assign to \fIvarname\fR, and \fIbody\fR is a
Tcl script.
For each element of \fIlist\fR (in order
from left to right), \fBforeach\fR assigns the contents of the
field to \fIvarname\fR as if the \fBlindex\fR command had been used
to extract the field, then calls the Tcl interpreter to execute
\fIbody\fR.  The \fBbreak\fR and \fBcontinue\fR statements may be
invoked inside \fIbody\fR, with the same effect as in the \fBfor\fR
command.  \fBForeach\fR returns an empty string.

.SH KEYWORDS
foreach, iteration, list, looping