>Nadya --
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> I find myself programming in the spirit of this discussion.
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> In that scenario you describe I use DO WHILE rather than FOR..NEXT for all of the loops. I recently coded a list box that displays a Chart of Accounts. It draws on 2 tables -- 1 of major and minor ranges and the other of individual accounts. I used logic similar to what you have -- 3 nested loops -- that to position each range or account properly in the array.
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> The general guideline I use is this:
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>1. If the loop is based on a specific number of operations, I use FOR..NEXT.
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Jay, this loop uses a counter, that's why I used for next loop. All loops should be terminated, if user decides to esc, so I had to put exit in each inner loop, which uses for next construct. I asked this question here while ago and this was the advice I got, so I scaned through the code and did it.

>2. If the loop is based on a specific condition, I use DO..WHILE.
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> Often, in a nested situation, if one loop requires a condition, they all will.
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>Enjoy!
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>Jay