| | 1 | = Continue Statement = |
| | 2 | The '''continue''' statement forces transfer of control to the controlling expression of the nearest (smallest) enclosing loop. |
| | 3 | |
| | 4 | Any remaining statements in the current iteration are not executed. The next iteration of the loop is determined as follows: |
| | 5 | |
| | 6 | * In a while loop, the next iteration starts by reevaluating the controlling expression of the while statement. |
| | 7 | * In a for loop, continue causes the loop counter to increment or enumerator step to be executed[[BR]] |
| | 8 | then the loop termination cond-expr is reevaluated and, depending on the result, the loop either terminates or another iteration occurs. |
| | 9 | |
| | 10 | == Grammar == |
| | 11 | {{{ |
| | 12 | continue |
| | 13 | }}} |
| | 14 | == Example == |
| | 15 | |
| | 16 | The following example shows how the continue statement can be used to bypass sections of code and begin the next iteration of a loop. |
| | 17 | {{{ |
| | 18 | def main is shared |
| | 19 | i = 0 |
| | 20 | post while i < 3 # do |
| | 21 | i += 1 |
| | 22 | print 'before the continue' |
| | 23 | continue |
| | 24 | print 'after the continue, should never print' |
| | 25 | |
| | 26 | print 'after the do loop' |
| | 27 | |
| | 28 | # Outputs: |
| | 29 | |
| | 30 | before the continue |
| | 31 | before the continue |
| | 32 | before the continue |
| | 33 | after the do loop |
| | 34 | }}} |
