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continue

VERSIONlatest Stop execution of a loop and continue for the next iteration.

CONTINUE

NAME

continue - Stops execution of a loop and continues for the next iteration.

SYNOPSIS

continue;

DESCRIPTION

This statement is used to stop the execution of a loop and to continue to the next iteration. This can be used with For, While, or Do Until. Here is an example:

for(i=0,j=4;i<5;++i,--j) do
  i;
  j;
  if i==2 then continue; endif
 'i=';
  i;
endfor return 04i=013i=12231i=340i=4

The continue stop the execution and goes to the next increment of the loop.

EXAMPLES

Note: In the followings examples, the _ between the { should be removed to make it work.

{_{
function f(i)
    "i="; i;
    sn_var = i*2;
    return i>5;
endfunction

k=10;
for j f(k) do
    "j="; j;
    k--;
    if (k==8) then
        continue;
    endif
    ';';
endfor
}}

return i=10j=20;i=9j=18i=8j=16;i=7j=14;i=6j=12;i=5

AUTHOR

Written by Pierre Laplante and Caroline Laplante, <laplante@sednove.com>