Continue and Repeat doesn't work like in manual

[Trond]

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Repeat
  i + 1
  If i = 5
    Continue
  EndIf
Until i = 5 Or i = 10
Debug i

Notice that i is 5 when the program ends. The manual says that "Continue allows to skip the end of the current iteration". If it skips the end, it should continue at the top, and i should be 10.

[Kaeru Gaman]

skipping the rest of the current iteration does not mean skipping the end-condition.

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Repeat 
  i + 1 
  If i = 5 Or i=7
    Continue 
  EndIf
  Debug "bla="+Str(i) 
Until i = 10 
Debug i

[Trond]

; Will skip the 'Debug 5' and go directly to the next iteration

Directly to the next iteration, doesn't mean go to the next iteration if some condition is met.

[Kaeru Gaman]

so maybe the expression the help has to be corrected...

but it's rather funny that a Norwegian and a German are discussing the English translation of some French Compiler-Description.....

PS:
I looked up the german help...

the example is with For/Next
well, maybe the expression is a bit irritating,
but for me it's plainly clear that a Continue within a For/Next hast to
jump to the end of the loop (and then start the next iteration),
because the increment of the counter takes places within the next.
second, if a continue fits into several loop-types (repeat/while/for),
what else could it be than a simple jump?
third, a loop has to have an end-condition, so what else than skipping the
end of the iteration by jumping to the end-condition would make sense...?

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...go directly to the next iteration 

has to test if there should be a next iteration or not, thus it has to pass the end-condition.

[AND51]

skipping the rest of the current iteration does not mean skipping the end-condition.

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Repeat 
  i + 1 
  If i = 5 Or i=7
    Continue 
  EndIf
  Debug "bla="+Str(i) 
Until i = 10 
Debug i

No, CONTINUE directly jumps back to the beginning of a loop. So the code I quoted works fine.

[Kaeru Gaman]

No, CONTINUE directly jumps back to the beginning of a loop...

no, it just don't, and i have stated more than one reason why.

otherwise, Tronds code would have worked as he assumed, wouldn't it?

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Repeat 
  i + 1 
  If i = 5 
    Continue 
  EndIf 
Until i = 5 Or i = 10 
Debug i

PS:
compare with this code, this really jumps back to the beginning.

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Repeat
begin: 
  i + 1 
  If i = 5 
    Goto begin 
  EndIf 
Until i = 5 Or i = 10 
Debug i

[Psychophanta]

Well explained, Kaeru.

I think the manual explains it well, but the understanding is a little bit ambiguous, that's all with this issue, Trond.

[ts-soft]

For, While is a HeadLoop, it's jump to Head (For, While)
Repeat is a FootLoop, it's jump to Foot (Until)