# Loop through array problem
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loop-through-array-problem/13226
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [February 10, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loop-through-array-problem/13226 "2003-02-10T15:35:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@chapster](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chapster)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loop-through-array-problem/13226/1 "2003-02-10T15:35:58Z")
I’m trying to set up this loop to run through the array and add the value of i to each element in the array.
Example: phone.tabIndex=1;
email.tabIndex=2
etc.
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tabArray = [phone, email, field1, field2, field3, field4, field5, field6, field7, dressBox, subjectBox];
Selection.setFocus(field1);
for (var i = 0; i\
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loop-through-array-problem/13226/2 "2003-02-10T16:13:56Z")
did you do
TabArray = New Array(); ?
I’m not sure if you HAVE to declare it, but I’ve had problems if I don’t…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loop-through-array-problem/13226/3 "2003-02-10T16:20:20Z")
It doesn’t matter if I declare it or not it still doesn’t work.
But on that question of declaring it.
```auto
tabArray = [phone, email, field1, field2, field3, field4, field5, field6, field7, dressBox, subjectBox];
```
Writing out the whole array surely declares the array no. But I still get 0 in the trace().
It’s this part that is wrong.
tabArray\*.tabIndex =\*+1;
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loop-through-array-problem/13226/4 "2003-02-10T16:22:41Z")
I cant tell what your code should be since it got cut off, but this is what you want.
for (i = 0; i \< tabArray.length; i++){
tabArray[\*\*i].tabIndex = i;
}
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loop-through-array-problem/13226/5 "2003-02-10T16:30:33Z")
Gret thanks. That is what I was doing wrong. I was using tabArray\*.tabIndex=\*;
Thanks again