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<h3 class="section">10.7 The continue Statement</h3>
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<p>The <code>continue</code> statement, like <code>break</code>, is used only inside
<code>while</code>, <code>do-until</code>, or <code>for</code> loops. It skips over the
rest of the loop body, causing the next cycle around the loop to begin
immediately. Contrast this with <code>break</code>, which jumps out of the
loop altogether.
Here is an example:
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<pre class="example"># print elements of a vector of random
# integers that are even.
# first, create a row vector of 10 random
# integers with values between 0 and 100:
vec = round (rand (1, 10) * 100);
# print what we're interested in:
for x = vec
if (rem (x, 2) != 0)
continue;
endif
printf ("%d\n", x);
endfor
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<p>If one of the elements of <var>vec</var> is an odd number, this example skips
the print statement for that element, and continues back to the first
statement in the loop.
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<p>This is not a practical example of the <code>continue</code> statement, but it
should give you a clear understanding of how it works. Normally, one
would probably write the loop like this:
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<pre class="example">for x = vec
if (rem (x, 2) == 0)
printf ("%d\n", x);
endif
endfor
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