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CONTINUE

Valid in: DBProc, TblProc

The CONTINUE statement starts the next iteration of a FOR, REPORT, or WHILE loop.

The CONTINUE statement has the following format:

CONTINUE [label] [WHEN boolean_expr]

The CONTINUE statement uses the label to indicate which level of nested loops to start the next iteration of. If no label is specified after CONTINUE, the innermost loop currently active is closed.

The following example illustrates the use of labels in nested FOR and WHILE loops:

label_1:    FOR select_1 DO

                statement_list_1

label_2:        WHILE condition_1 DO

                      statement_list_2

                      IF condition_2 THEN

                         CONTINUE label_1;

                      ELSE

                         CONTINUE label_2 WHEN condition_3;

                      ENDIF;

                      statement_list_3

                      CONTINUE WHEN condition_4;

                      statement_list_4

                      CONTINUE label_1 WHEN condition_5;

                      statement_list_5

                 ENDWHILE;

                 statement_list_6

                 IF condition_6 THEN

                      statement_list_7

                      CONTINUE;

                 ENDIF;

                 statement_list_8

            ENDFOR;

            statement_list_9

In the inner loop, if condition_2 is true, the inner loop is closed, and the next row for select_1 is obtained. If condition_2 is false, but condition_3 is true, control resumes at the WHILE statement. If condition_4 is true, then control resumes at the WHILE statement, or if condition_5 is true the inner loop is closed and the next row for select_1 is obtained.

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