Question

can anyone explain a for statement in vb.net for me? my instructor isn't doing that great of a job. :/

Answer 1

Try searching youtube for some of those tutorial videos (specifically on Visual Basic .NET).

Answer 2

I don't know visual basic .net, but the general idea of a for statement is to enter a loop.

pseudo-code:
for (start when i = 0, while i < # of iterations you need, increase i after each iteration)
{
print hello world
}

example:
for( i=0, i<5, i++)
{
print hello
}

so the iterations will look like:
is 0<5? yes, i = 0, hello... i=0+1
is 1<5? yes, i = 1, hello... i=1+1
is 2<5? yes, i = 2, hello... i=2+1
is 3<5? yes, i =3, hello... i =3+1
is 4<5? yes, i = 4, hello... i=4+1
is 5<5? no. end for loop.

At the end of the loop, 5 hellos are printed. I hope this helps some.