How to find (and modify) entry before last?

infonote

Hi,

I am trying to use the penultimate entry in a REPEAT...UNTIL loop.
I am trying to use the following, however it is not working, it is not entering the code part.
I := record.COUNT.

REPEAT

IF (I = (I-1)) THEN BEGIN

...
.... code
END

UNTIL record.NEXT = 0;

How can I enter the code part if it is the penultimate entry?

Thanks

reijermolenaar

'I' will never be equal to '(I-1)' ... :-k

You could do the following to get the second last:

record.FINDLAST;
record.NEXT(-1);

matttrax

The NEXT keyword takes an optional parameter, steps. Similar to how you would increment a do...while loop counter in object oriented programming.

Instead of counter++ or counter += 5 you can do NEXT, NEXT(1), NEXT(-1), or NEXT(variable). If you pass it an integer it will jump that many records.

David_Singleton

The quesitons are why do you need the penultimate entry, how can you identify this entry, and what do you want to do to it?