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-- example of for with generator functions

function generatefib (n)
  return coroutine.wrap(function ()
    local a,b = 1, 1
    while a <= n do
      coroutine.yield(a)
      a, b = b, a+b
    end
  end)
end

for i in generatefib(1000) do print(i) end