vb.net equivalent to c# continue

[lathamik]

Does anyone know of the vb.net equivelent to the c# continue so I can exit the immediate iteration of a for loop and continue with the next one.

[SammyB]

Does anyone know of the vb.net equivelent to the c# continue so I can exit the immediate iteration of a for loop and continue with the next one.

Exit For

        Dim j As Integer
        For i As Integer = 1 To 4
            If i = 3 Then Exit For
            j = i
        Next i
        MsgBox(j) ' will give 2
 

[Killer42]

Sorry Sammy, close but no cigar. Continue doesn't drop out of the loop, it skips to the next iteration.

In VB6, at least, I don't think there is an equivalent of continue. I seem to recall hearing recently about something in VB.Net which would do it, but don't remember what it was.

In VB6, I tend to use an inner loop to achieve the same end. For example...

For Index = 1 to 10
  Do
  If some condition Then
    Exit Do ' Equivalent of applying Continue to the For loop.
  End If
  ... other processing that you wanted to skip ...
 
  Loop While False ' In other words, don't loop.
Next

It's a little ugly, but it works.

[SammyB]

> Sorry Sammy, close but no cigar. Continue doesn't drop out of the loop, it skips to the next iteration.

Yep, sorry, I didn't read past "exit"

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...6t(VS.71).aspx says
"Visual Basic .NET does not support the Continue statement of previous versions of Visual Basic. However, you can achieve the same functionality by putting a statement label on the Loop statement and branching to it from the middle of the loop."

Too bad it's in C#! Makes for ghasty code. And Microsoft's solution of a statement label is just as bad. Just rewrite the loop and make it readable.

[Killer42]

Too bad it's in C#! Makes for ghasty code. And Microsoft's solution of a statement label is just as bad. Just rewrite the loop and make it readable.

I partially agree. I love the ability to skip to the next iteration (it's available in the mainframe language that I use) and really miss it in VB. But MS's workaround sounds really ugly.

I'd like to know which "previous versions of VB" they're referring to, as VB6 certainly doesn't have a Continue statement.

[SammyB]

I partially agree. I love the ability to skip to the next iteration (it's available in the mainframe language that I use) and really miss it in VB. But MS's workaround sounds really ugly.

I'd like to know which "previous versions of VB" they're referring to, as VB6 certainly doesn't have a Continue statement.

Those were my thoughts exactly, because I'd tried in VBA and it didn't work there either.

[humilulo]

i don't know where you all get your (out-dated) info. at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...(v=vs.80).aspx you can find the VB.NET 'continue' statement which uses an additional 'do', 'for', or 'while':
"Continue For" for the C# equivalent of 'continue' in a for loop.

It was added in Visual Basic 2005 (VB 8). reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic_.NET

[Killer42]

Well, I think the basic problem here is that the question was asked in the pre-dot-net VB forum. Someone (such as myself) really should have directed the poster to the VB.Net forum for more up-to-date info.

Of course this may all be a little late, given this thread is about 6 years old.