Guru:
You should be able to do this like:
<for list="1,2,3,4,${N}">
Of course, assuming u do something like:
ant -DN=5 -f <your build.xml>
So, I wrote a simple test script as follows:
<project name = "test">
<taskdef resource = "net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml"/>
<for list="1,2,3,4,$*{N}*" param = "val">
<sequential>
<echo message = "val = @{val}"/>
</sequential>
</for>
</project>
When running I did/got this:
/home/sfloess/development/help/ant/guru> ant *-DN=9*
Buildfile: build.xml
[echo] val = 1
[echo] val = 2
[echo] val = 3
[echo] val = 4
[echo] val = 9
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 2 seconds
Hope that helps...
Scot
Guru Balse wrote:
I am sure this question has been asked before, and I could not see any
reasonable answer in the archives. How can I implement a loop in ANT
without using scripts? For example, if I want to call a certain
target N times, how can I do it?
Using ant-contrib is OK. Of course, something like <for
list="1,2,3,4,5,6,...,N"> would work but I want N to be a property
that can be specified in the command line.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
- Guru Balse
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