why does a "repeat with" loop reset the counter?

External Since: Feb 02, 2008 Posts: 4

When the following script is run, why does the display dialog command
display 51, 52, 53, etc? The counter i is reset when the repeat is
incremented, completely ignoring the new value given to i. I would
have thought that the values displayed would be 51 then 102 and the
loop would end. What is it that I don't understand with this simple
code? Thanks.

repeat with i from 1 to 100
set i to i + 50
display dialog i
end repeat

External Since: Feb 02, 2008 Posts: 4

I actually need the loop to increment by 4,4,2,4,3,4,2,4,4,2 instead
of 1,1,1,1,1,1,1. So I was going to add the differing increments at
the end of the loop using a formula. I guess I need to make a list of
increment numbers and move through the list. It was just going to be
pretty long so I wanted to increment it programatically. How would
you handle this situation?