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@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
+.. highlight:: cpp
+
.. _arduino-continue:
continue
========
-The continue statement skips the rest of the current iteration of a
-loop (**do**, **for**, or **while**). It continues by checking the
-conditional expression of the loop, and proceeding with any
-subsequent iterations.
-
+The ``continue`` keyword skips the rest of the current iteration of a
+:ref:`while <arduino-while>`\ , :ref:`for <arduino-for>`\ , or
+:ref:`do/while <arduino-dowhile>` loop. It continues by checking the
+conditional expression of the loop, and proceeding with any subsequent
+iterations.
Example
@@ -19,11 +21,11 @@ Example
for (x = 0; x < 255; x ++)
{
if (x > 40 && x < 120){ // create jump in values
- continue;
+ continue; // skips the next two lines and goes to the
+ // beginning of the loop, with the next value of x
}
digitalWrite(PWMpin, x);
delay(50);
}
-