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author | dkf <dkf@noemail.net> | 2004-10-27 09:35:36 (GMT) |
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committer | dkf <dkf@noemail.net> | 2004-10-27 09:35:36 (GMT) |
commit | 739cb7dee1505acf27c9efe8995d76ecbf76a098 (patch) | |
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Backport many doc fixes
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diff --git a/doc/continue.n b/doc/continue.n index 698f9c9..39fe2ed 100644 --- a/doc/continue.n +++ b/doc/continue.n @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: continue.n,v 1.3 2000/09/07 14:27:46 poenitz Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: continue.n,v 1.3.18.1 2004/10/27 09:35:38 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH continue n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ continue \- Skip to the next iteration of a loop .PP This command is typically invoked inside the body of a looping command such as \fBfor\fR or \fBforeach\fR or \fBwhile\fR. -It returns a TCL_CONTINUE code, which causes a continue exception +It returns a \fBTCL_CONTINUE\fR code, which causes a continue exception to occur. The exception causes the current script to be aborted out to the innermost containing loop command, which then @@ -29,9 +29,19 @@ continues with the next iteration of the loop. Catch exceptions are also handled in a few other situations, such as the \fBcatch\fR command and the outermost scripts of procedure bodies. +.SH EXAMPLE +Print a line for each of the integers from 0 to 10 \fIexcept\fR 5: +.CS +for {set x 0} {$x<10} {incr x} { + if {$x == 5} { + \fBcontinue\fR + } + puts "x is $x" +} +.CE .SH "SEE ALSO" -break(n), for(n), foreach(n), while(n) +break(n), for(n), foreach(n), return(n), while(n) .SH KEYWORDS continue, iteration, loop |