The for name clause specifies the for loop's control variable. The name may be any expression for which the type(expr, name) command returns a value of true.

In Maple 2019 and later, you can also provide a sequence of two names as the loop's control variables.  In that case, during each iteration of the loop, those two variables are used as the index and value of the entry.

This error message occurs when the control variable used in the for loop is not of type name (or a sequence of two names), that is, expressions for which the type(expr, name) command returns a value of false.

Example 1

In this case, the control variable has been omitted.

Solution:

The name $i$ has been designated as the control variable.

Example 2

This error occurs because the specified controlling variable is not a name.

Solution 1:

Replace $\sin \left(x\right)$ with an expression for which type(expr, name) returns true. For example, replacing $\sin \left(x\right)$with $x$corrects the error.

Solution 2:

In this particular example, you can omit the for clause.  In this solution, we use a simple counted loop.

For more information and basic examples of the different types of loops, see Repetition Statements in the Maple Programming Guide.