skip some for loop iterations

[olredixsis]

consider this code I made.

  char input[80];
  char allCloseBrace[] = {']','}','>',')'};
  char allOpenBrace[] = {'[','{','<','('};
  int i=0,j,locClose = -1,tempClose = -1,tempOpen = -1;
  bool checkOpenBrace = false;
  cout<<"Input anything with random brackets: ";
  cin<<input;
while (true){
  //for loop that searches close brace
  for(i;i<80;i++){
     for(j=0;j<4;j++){
	if(input[i] == allCloseBrace[j]){
	   locClose = i;
	   kindBrace = j;
	   break;
	}
     }
    if(locClose == 0)
       cout<<"incorrect order";//or return false to exit the while loop;
    if(locClose>0)
       break;
  }
  if(locClose == -1)
     checkOpenBrace = true;

  if(checkOpenBrace == true){
      //checks if there is/are open brace if none output correct else incorrect
  }
  tempClose = locClose;
  //for loop that searches open brace
  for(k=locClose;k>=0;k++){
      //what I want here is a code that skips tempClose and tempOpen
      for(kj = countOpen;kj>=0;kj--){
          if(storeBrace[k]==allOpenBrace[kindBrace]){
	      tempOpen = k;
	      break;
	  }
      }
  }
  i = locClose + 1;
}

for example, the user input a[s{dp[asd]asdddsd]sd{sd}<d>(s)]
the first close bracket is the close bracket at input[10].
then the first open bracket before input[10] is input[6].
since the while loop is true it will loop again.
now the first close bracket must be at input[18].
for the loop that searches open brace, it will start searching at input[17] and stop at input[11] then continue at input[5].

My question is: Is there a simplier or shorter code doing this? without using the STL for algorithm (#include <algorithm>). Thanks.


in general, what if I don't want the iterations of the for loop be executed at a certain number like

for(i=80;i>=0;i--){
  if(i==78)
     i =  75;
  if(i==56)
     i = 40;
  //and so on...  
}
//to be specific
for(i=locClose;i>=0;i--){
  if(i==tempClose)
    i = tempOpen - 1;
  /*where the value of locClose, tempClose, and tempOpen is changing depending on the user input*/   
}

Hmmm... in Mathematics i is a set of real numbers from 0 to 80 except for values (75,78],(40,56].
sorry I can't put that in Mathematical form.

[acerzw]

This seems a rather complicated loop structure and is difficult to debug, you would be better off using a finite-state-machine, they are used in compilers or syntax recognition programs, and since they are more general you can use them for other similar tasks within your program.

[moorecm]

Please do not double post. http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/17997/

[olredixsis]

sorry for double posting.