Loop steps

This topic describes looping steps in Robots.

The following loop steps are available:

Loop
While Loop
For Each Loop
Query Database (also belongs to the Database category)
For Each Email
Iterate Directory (also belongs to the File System category)
JSON Loop (also belongs to the JSON steps category)

The following is common for all loop steps:

All loop steps have an optional iteration variable.
You can break out of loop steps using the Break step.
You can skip to the next iteration using the Continue step.

Iteration variable

All loop steps have an optional iteration variable. This is an Integer variable that you can define in the step with the following characteristics.

The initial value of the variable is 0, that is, during the first iteration the variable is 0.
It is increased by one at the end of each iteration of the loop.
The variable is local to the loop step and it is not accessible outside the loop.
The variable is read-only, which means you cannot change it using the Assign step.

To refer to an iteration variable inside the loop, select Iteration Variable and enter the name of the variable to store the iteration.

Reference to previous finder

Starting with version 11.3.0, all previous finders are cleared at the start of a loop step body. If your robot containing loop steps is created with an earlier version of the product, we recommend that you replace any previous finders with named finders.