Delphi Basics : Continue command

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Continue
Procedure

Forces a jump to the next iteration of a loop

System unit

procedure Continue();

Description

The Continue procedure forces a jump past the remaining statements within a loop, back to the next loop iteration. Like the Goto statement, it should be used with caution.

It is important to note that the Continue statement only jumps to the start of the current loop - not out of any nested loops above it. The Goto statement can.

Notes

Use with caution.

Related commands

Break		Forces a jump out of a single loop
For		Starts a loop that executes a finite number of times
Goto		Forces a jump to a label, regardless of nesting
Repeat		Repeat statements until a ternmination condition is met
While		Repeat statements whilst a continuation condition is met
Abort		Aborts the current processing with a silent exception

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Example code : Skipping loop processing for certain loop values

var
  i : Integer;
  s : string;

begin
  s := '';

  // A big loop
  for i := 1 to 9 do
  begin
    // Skip loop processing for certain values of i
    if (i = 3) or (i = 7) then Continue;
    s := s + IntToStr(i);
    s := s + ' ';
  end;

  // Show the string created by the above loop
  ShowMessage('s = '+s);
end;

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