First store all occurrences of loops in a file. {{{gg -A40 "(while|for)" -- '*.c' '*.h' > ../out/loop_A40}}} Error: the same index is used in a nested loop {{{ gres --FiL="../out/loop_A40" \ "(while \(|for \([^;]*;) @...&@ [+-]* (@w) ([+-][+-] [<>]|[<>]=) ((@K|@d|@K \(...\))) @&...@ (;\(-..\))?\) @in_branches (while \(|for \([^;]*;) @...&@ [+-]* \6 ([+-][+-] [<>]|[<>]=) ((@K|@d|@K \(...\))) @&...@ (;\(-..\))?\)" | less }}} Error: the same index is used in the header of a nested for loop {{{ gres --FiL="../out/loop_A40" \ "(while \(|for \([^;]*;) @...&@ [+-]* (@w) ([+-][+-] [<>]|[<>]=) ((@K|@d|@K \(...\))) @&...@ (;\(-..\))?\) @in_branches \n for \(\(-8.\)@Q2\6@Q1\(-8.\)\)" | less }}} The test after the loop is off by 1 (extended example of [[gres_examples]]): {{{ gres --FiL="../out/loop_A40" \ "while \( @...&|@ (@V) (<|\!=) (@d|@w) @&|...@ \) (\{\{-..\} \n)? \5 ([+*|]=|= \5 \+)@n if \( @...&|@ \5 (>|<=) \7 @&|...@ \)" \ "(for \([^;]*;|while \() @...&|@ \+* (@V) (<|\!=|\+\+ <=) (@d|@w) @&|...@ (; (\+\+ \6|\6 \+\+|\6 = \6 \+ 1|\6 = 1 \+ \6))? \) \{.8.\} @n if \( @...&|@ \6 (>|<=) \8 @&|...@ \)" }}} Similarly off by one after decrementing in a loop: {{{ gres --FiL="../out/loop_A40" \ "while \( @...&|@ (@V) (>|\!=) (@d|@w) @&|...@ \) (\{\{-..\} \n)? \5 (-=|= \5 -)@n if \( @...&|@ \5 (<|>=) \7 @&|...@ \)" \ "(for \([^;]*;|while \() @...&|@ -* (@V) (>|\!=) (@d|@w) @&|...@ (; (-- \6|\6 --|\6 = \6 - 1|\6 = 1 - \6))? \) \{.8.\} @n if \( @...&|@ \6 (<|>=) \8 @&|...@ \)" }}} Using a variable after the loop, can be out of bounds after max or before min. {{{ gres --FiL="../out/loop_A40" \ "(while \(|for \([^;]*;) @...&@ [+-]* (@w) ([+-][+-] [<>]|[+-][+-] [\!]=|[<>]=)? ((@K|@d|@K \(...\)))? @&...@ (;\(-..\))?\) @branch@n (for \()? \6 .?=@n [^\n]*\[ \6 \]" \ "(while \(|for \([^;]*;) @...&@ [+-]* (@w) ([+-][+-] [<>]|[+-][+-] [\!]=|[<>]=)? ((@K|@d|@K \(...\)))? @&...@ (;\(-..\))?\) @branch@n [^\n]*\[ \6 \]" | less }}} break in loop, but the variable after loop, can be out of bounds after max or before min. {{{ gres --FiL="../out/loop_A40" \ "if \(@...&@ [+-]* (@w) ([+-][+-] [<>]|[+-][+-] [\!]=|[<>]=)? ((@K|@d|@K \(...\)))? @&...@ (;\(-..\))?\) (break ;|\{-8.\}\n break; \}) \{-8.\}\}@n (for \()? \5 .?=@n [^\n]*\[ \5 \]" \ "if \(@...&@ [+-]* (@w) ([+-][+-] [<>]|[+-][+-] [\!]=|[<>]=)? ((@K|@d|@K \(...\)))? @&...@ (;\(-..\))?\) (break ;|\{-8.\}\n break; \}) \{-8.\}\}@n [^\n]*\[ \5 \]" | less }}}