Re: "continue/next" for "loop"

[Preben Randhol <randhol+valid_for_reply_from_news@pvv.org>]

On 2003-11-03, Lutz Donnerhacke <lutz@iks-jena.de> wrote:
> I might be out of coffee, but I do not find an elegant way to skip the rest
> of a loop body for the current cycle other than using "goto".
>
> with Ada.Text_IO;   use Ada.Text_IO;
>
> procedure t is
> begin
>    for j in 2 .. 8 loop
>       for i in 2 .. 8 loop

>          if i mod j = 0 then  --  Assume complex statements here.
>             goto next;        --  In my real case, it's another loop,
>          end if;              --  which detects the end of current path inside.
>          Put(i'Img);
>          <<next>> null;

You cannot do:

         if i mod j != 0 then

            -- code
            Put(i'Img);

         end if;

? 

I don't quite understand you wuestion I think.


Preben
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