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\section continue continue - skip the rest of the current lap of the innermost currently evaluated loop

\subsection continue-synopsis Synopsis
<tt>LOOP_CONSTRUCT; [COMMANDS...;] continue; [COMMANDS...;] end</tt>

\subsection continue-description Description
The \c continue builtin is used to skip the current lap of the innermost currently running loop, such as a <a href="#for">for</a> loop or a <a href="#while">while</a> loop. It is usually added inside of a conditional block such as an <a href="#if">if</a> statement or a <a href="#switch">switch</a> statement.

\subsection continue-example Example
The following code removes all tmp files without smurfs.

<pre>
for i in *.tmp
    if grep smurf $i
        continue
    end
    rm $i
end
</pre>