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<h1>&lt;foreach&gt;</h1>
<p> Loops over a set of items. </p>
<p> Can loop over files in directory, lines in a file, etc. </p>
<p> The property value is stored before the loop is done, and restored when the loop is finished. </p>
<p> The property is returned to its normal value once it is used. Read-only parameters cannot be overridden in this loop. </p>
<h3>Parameters</h3>
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<th>Attribute</th>
<th style="text-align: center;">Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th style="text-align: center;">Required</th>
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<td valign="top" class="required">item</td>
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<a href="../enums/NAnt.Core.Tasks.LoopTask.LoopItem.html">LoopItem</a>
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<td> The type of iteration that should be done. </td>
<td style="text-align: center;">True</td>
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<td valign="top" class="required">property</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">string</td>
<td> The NAnt property name(s) that should be used for the current iterated item. </td>
<td style="text-align: center;">True</td>
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<td valign="top">delim</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">string</td>
<td> The deliminator char. </td>
<td style="text-align: center;">False</td>
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<td valign="top">in</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">string</td>
<td> The source of the iteration. </td>
<td style="text-align: center;">False</td>
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<td valign="top">trim</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">
<a href="../enums/NAnt.Core.Tasks.LoopTask.LoopTrim.html">LoopTrim</a>
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<td> The type of whitespace trimming that should be done. The default is <code>None</code>. </td>
<td style="text-align: center;">False</td>
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<td valign="top">failonerror</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">bool</td>
<td> Determines if task failure stops the build, or is just reported. The default is <b>true</b>. </td>
<td style="text-align: center;">False</td>
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<td valign="top">if</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">bool</td>
<td> If <b>true</b> then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is <b>true</b>. </td>
<td style="text-align: center;">False</td>
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<td valign="top">unless</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">bool</td>
<td> Opposite of <code>if</code>. If <b>false</b> then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is <b>false</b>. </td>
<td style="text-align: center;">False</td>
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<td valign="top">verbose</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">bool</td>
<td> Determines whether the task should report detailed build log messages. The default is <b>false</b>. </td>
<td style="text-align: center;">False</td>
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<h3>Nested Elements:</h3>
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<div class="nested-element"> Stuff to operate in. Just like the <code>in</code> attribute, but supports more complicated things like a <a href="../types/fileset.html">&lt;fileset&gt;</a> and such. <p class="i2"><b>Note:</b> Please remove the <code>in</code> attribute if you are using this element. </p><p></p><h3>Nested Elements:</h3><!--Element--><h4><a id="items"></a>
&lt;<a href="../types/fileset.html">items</a>&gt;
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<div class="nested-element"> Tasks to execute for each matching item. <p> Executes embedded tasks in the order in which they are defined. </p><h3>Parameters</h3><div class="table"><table><tr><th>Attribute</th><th style="text-align: center;">Type</th><th>Description</th><th style="text-align: center;">Required</th></tr><tr><td valign="top">failonerror</td><td style="text-align: center;">bool</td><td> Determines if task failure stops the build, or is just reported. The default is <b>true</b>. </td><td style="text-align: center;">False</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">if</td><td style="text-align: center;">bool</td><td> If <b>true</b> then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is <b>true</b>. </td><td style="text-align: center;">False</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">unless</td><td style="text-align: center;">bool</td><td> Opposite of <code>if</code>. If <b>false</b> then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is <b>false</b>. </td><td style="text-align: center;">False</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">verbose</td><td style="text-align: center;">bool</td><td> Determines whether the task should report detailed build log messages. The default is <b>false</b>. </td><td style="text-align: center;">False</td></tr></table></div><p /></div>
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<h3>Examples</h3>
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<p>Loops over the files in <code>c:\</code>.</p>
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&lt;foreach item="File" in="c:\" property="filename"&gt;
&lt;echo message="${filename}" /&gt;
&lt;/foreach&gt;
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<p>Loops over all files in the project directory.</p>
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&lt;foreach item="File" property="filename"&gt;
&lt;in&gt;
&lt;items&gt;
&lt;include name="**" /&gt;
&lt;/items&gt;
&lt;/in&gt;
&lt;do&gt;
&lt;echo message="${filename}" /&gt;
&lt;/do&gt;
&lt;/foreach&gt;
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<p>Loops over the folders in <code>c:\</code>.</p>
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&lt;foreach item="Folder" in="c:\" property="foldername"&gt;
&lt;echo message="${foldername}" /&gt;
&lt;/foreach&gt;
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<p>Loops over all folders in the project directory.</p>
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&lt;foreach item="Folder" property="foldername"&gt;
&lt;in&gt;
&lt;items&gt;
&lt;include name="**" /&gt;
&lt;/items&gt;
&lt;/in&gt;
&lt;do&gt;
&lt;echo message="${foldername}" /&gt;
&lt;/do&gt;
&lt;/foreach&gt;
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<li>
<p>Loops over a list.</p>
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&lt;foreach item="String" in="1 2,3" delim=" ," property="count"&gt;
&lt;echo message="${count}" /&gt;
&lt;/foreach&gt;
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<li>
<p> Loops over lines in the file <code>properties.csv</code>, where each line is of the format name,value. </p>
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&lt;foreach item="Line" in="properties.csv" delim="," property="x,y"&gt;
&lt;echo message="Read pair ${x}=${y}" /&gt;
&lt;/foreach&gt;
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<h3>Requirements</h3>
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<b>Assembly:</b> NAnt.Core (0.91.4312.0)
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