Continue

rascal-0.40.17

Synopsis

Continue with the next iteration of while, do or for loop.

Syntax

continue;

continue Label;

Description

A continue statement is only allowed inside the body of a While, Do or For statement and is associated with the innermost loop statement in which it is contained. Its effect is to end the execution of the block for the current iteration of the loop and to continue with the next iteration of the loop.

If the continue occurs in a nested loop, then it can also break to the outer loop if it is labeled with Label and the break is also labeled with the same Label.

Also see Break and Fail.

Examples

Here is an example using continue to avoid printing numbers that are divisible by 3:

rascal>import IO;
ok
rascal>for (int i <- [1 .. 10]) {
>>>>>>>    if (i % 3 == 0)
>>>>>>>       continue;
>>>>>>>    println("i = <i>");
>>>>>>>}
i = 1
i = 2
i = 4
i = 5
i = 7
i = 8
list[void]: []