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When there is no BLOCK, continue is a function that falls through the current when or default block instead of iterating a dynamically enclosing foreach or ... PerldocBrowser 5.36.0 Latest 5.36.0 5.34.1 5.34.0 5.32.1 5.32.0 5.30.3 5.30.2 5.30.1 5.30.0 5.28.3 5.28.2 5.28.1 5.28.0 5.26.3 5.26.2 5.26.1 5.26.0 5.24.4 5.24.3 5.24.2 5.24.1 5.24.0 5.22.4 5.22.3 5.22.2 5.22.1 5.22.0 5.20.3 5.20.2 5.20.1 5.20.0 5.18.4 5.18.3 5.18.2 5.18.1 5.18.0 5.16.3 5.16.2 5.16.1 5.16.0 5.14.4 5.14.3 5.14.2 5.14.1 5.14.0 5.12.5 5.12.4 5.12.3 5.12.2 5.12.1 5.12.0 5.10.1 5.10.0 5.8.9 5.8.8 5.8.7 5.8.6 5.8.5 5.8.4 5.8.3 5.8.2 5.8.1 5.8.0 5.6.2 5.6.1 5.6.0 5.005_04 5.005_03 5.005_02 5.005_01 5.005 Dev blead 5.37.4 5.37.3 5.37.2 5.37.1 5.37.0 5.36.0-RC3 5.36.0-RC2 5.35.11 5.35.10 5.35.9 5.35.8 5.35.7 5.35.6 5.35.5 5.35.4 5.35.3 5.35.2 5.35.1 5.35.0 5.33.9 5.33.8 5.33.7 5.33.6 5.33.5 5.33.4 5.33.3 5.33.2 5.33.1 5.33.0 Documentation Perl Intro Tutorials FAQs Reference Operators Functions Variables Modules Utilities Community History Expand functions /continue (source, CPAN) #continueBLOCK #continue WhenfollowedbyaBLOCK,continueisactuallyaflowcontrolstatementratherthanafunction.IfthereisacontinueBLOCKattachedtoaBLOCK(typicallyinawhileorforeach),itisalwaysexecutedjustbeforetheconditionalisabouttobeevaluatedagain,justlikethethirdpartofaforloopinC.Thusitcanbeusedtoincrementaloopvariable,evenwhentheloophasbeencontinuedviathenextstatement(whichissimilartotheCcontinuestatement). last,next,orredomayappearwithinacontinueblock;lastandredobehaveasiftheyhadbeenexecutedwithinthemainblock.Sowillnext,butsinceitwillexecuteacontinueblock,itmaybemoreentertaining. while(EXPR){ ###redoalwayscomeshere do_something; }continue{ ###nextalwayscomeshere do_something_else; #thenbackthetoptore-checkEXPR } ###lastalwayscomeshere Omittingthecontinuesectionisequivalenttousinganemptyone,logicallyenough,sonextgoesdirectlybacktochecktheconditionatthetopoftheloop. WhenthereisnoBLOCK,continueisafunctionthatfallsthroughthecurrentwhenordefaultblockinsteadofiteratingadynamicallyenclosingforeachorexitingalexicallyenclosinggiven.InPerl5.14andearlier,thisformofcontinuewasonlyavailablewhenthe"switch"featurewasenabled.Seefeatureand"SwitchStatements"inperlsynformoreinformation. PerldocBrowserismaintainedbyDanBook(DBOOK).PleasecontacthimviatheGitHubissuetrackeroremailregardinganyissueswiththesiteitself,search,orrenderingofdocumentation. ThePerldocumentationismaintainedbythePerl5PortersinthedevelopmentofPerl.PleasecontactthemviathePerlissuetracker,themailinglist,orIRCtoreportanyissueswiththecontentsorformatofthedocumentation.