Three, actually.
3.
. whelp continue
Nick
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Nick Cox
> For a problem posed this generally,
> I have two very general comments.
>
> 1. It is often a good idea
> to do the selection before the loop,
> not within it. The stuff documented
> at -help macrolists- can help a lot
> to cut out the irrelevant items.
>
> 2.
>
> foreach x in <list> {
> if <x is acceptable> {
> ...
> }
> }
>
> is sufficient but not always ideal.
>
> Given specific examples, I might
> be able to say more.
Hans J. Baumgartner
> > I am working on a huge project using loops over loops over loops.
> >
> > Now it happens that I would like to exclude some elements of
> > the loops,
> > i.e.:
> >
> > foreach x in ? {
> > if ?`x?? == ? {
> > jump do the end of the loop, i.e.
> ignore all
> > commands till then.
> > }
> > some fancy commands
> > }
> >
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