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XL: Incorrect Error Message: "For Without Next"
Last reviewed: September 13, 1996
Article ID: Q120800
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 5.0, 5.0c
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
  • Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, version 5.0

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Excel for Windows versions 5.x and 7.0, you may receive the following error message 

   For Without Next
even when you do have the Next statement that concludes a For loop.

MORE INFORMATION

The "For Without Next" error message is generated if Visual Basic, Applications Edition, detects that a For loop has been started but the Next statement is not present to end the loop. It is also generated erroneously if you have an End If statement within the For-Next loop.

Steps to Reproduce Problem

Enter the following on a module sheet: 

   Sub Test()
      For X = 1 To 2
         End If
      Next
   End Sub
If you try to run this code, you get the following error message: 

   For without Next
The proper error message should be: 

   End If without Block If

REFERENCES

"Visual Basic User's Guide," pages 139-140, 145-146

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Additional reference words: 5.00 5.00c 7.00 for next



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Last reviewed: September 13, 1996
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