13.15 CONTINUE Statement
The CONTINUE
statement exits the current iteration of a loop, either conditionally or unconditionally, and transfers control to the next iteration of either the current loop or an enclosing labeled loop.
If a CONTINUE
statement exits a cursor FOR
loop prematurely (for example, to exit an inner loop and transfer control to the next iteration of an outer loop), the cursor closes (in this context, CONTINUE
works like GOTO
).
Note:
As of Oracle Database 11g Release 1, CONTINUE
is a PL/SQL keyword. If your program invokes a subprogram named CONTINUE
, you get a warning.
Restrictions on CONTINUE Statement
-
A
CONTINUE
statement must be inside aLOOP
statement. -
A
CONTINUE
statement cannot cross a subprogram or method boundary.
Topics
Syntax
continue_statement ::=
Semantics
continue_statement
label
Name that identifies either the current loop or an enclosing loop (see "Basic LOOP Statement").
Without label
, the CONTINUE
statement transfers control to the next iteration of the current loop. With label
, the CONTINUE
statement transfers control to the next iteration of the loop that label
identifies.
WHEN boolean_expression
Without this clause, the CONTINUE
statement exits the current iteration of the loop unconditionally. With this clause, the CONTINUE
statement exits the current iteration of the loop if and only if the value of boolean_expression
is TRUE
.
Examples
-
Example 4-13, "CONTINUE Statement in Basic LOOP Statement"
-
Example 4-14, "CONTINUE WHEN Statement in Basic LOOP Statement"
-
Example 4-27, "CONTINUE WHEN Statement in Inner FOR LOOP Statement"
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