CONTINUE (ABAP Keyword)

CONTINUE (ABAP Keyword) introduction & details

CONTINUE

Basic
form
CONTINUE.

Effect
Within loop structures like

DO …
ENDDO
WHILE … ENDWHILE
LOOP … ENDLOOP
SELECT …
ENDSELECT

CONTINUE terminates the current loop pass, returns the
processing to the beginning of the loop and starts the next loop pass, if there
is one.

Example
DO loop: Omit an area (10 … 20)

DO 100
TIMES.
IF SY-INDEX >= 10 AND SY-INDEX <= 20.
CONTINUE.
ENDIF.

ENDDO.