For each string, execute a function/procedure

Question

I'd like to loop through a list of strings and execute a function/procedure with each string as the argument.

What's the best alternative to the following generic code (since it's not legal):

set serveroutput on;  
begin
    FOR r IN ('The', 'Quick', 'brown', 'fox')
    LOOP
        dbms_output.put_line( r );
   END LOOP;
end;

I assume there might be pattern for this.

Answer 1

DECLARE
  -- 1. declare a list type
  TYPE STR_LIST_TYPE IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(15);

  -- 2. declare the variable of the list
  V_STR_VALUES STR_LIST_TYPE;

  -- 3. optional variable to store single values
  V_STR_VALUE VARCHAR2(15);

BEGIN

  -- 4. initialize the list of values to be iterated in a for-loop
  V_STR_VALUES := STR_LIST_TYPE('String 1','String 2');

  -- 5. iterating over the values
  FOR INDX IN V_STR_VALUES.FIRST..V_STR_VALUES.LAST
  LOOP

    -- 6. accessing the value itself
    V_STR_VALUE := V_STR_VALUES(INDX);

  END LOOP;     
END;