CONTINUE Continue Execution In Loop

Section: Flow Control

Usage

The continue statement is used to change the order of execution within a loop. The continue statement can be used inside a for loop or a while loop. The syntax for its use is 
   continue

inside the body of the loop. The continue statement forces execution to start at the top of the loop with the next iteration. The examples section shows how the continue statement works.

Example

Here is a simple example of using a continue statement. We want to sum the integers from 1 to 10, but not the number 5. We will use a for loop and a continue statement. 

     continue_ex.m
function accum = continue_ex
  accum = 0;
  for i=1:10
    if (i==5)
      continue;
    end
    accum = accum + 1; %skipped if i == 5!
  end

The function is exercised here: 

--> continue_ex

ans = 
 9 

--> sum([1:4,6:10])

ans = 
 50