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# 1  
Old 05-25-2012
Lightbulb Jump to next element in a loop
Hi, i want the loop to move to 3rd item, when it encounters 2 while runing

Code:
for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6
do
if [ $i -eq 2 ]
then
#jump to element 3
else
echo $i
fi
done

o/p
Code:
1
3
4
5
6

can anyone help, how this can be implemented ?
# 2  
Old 05-25-2012
There isn't a command to break out an if statement, the simplest solution should be:
Code:
if [ "$i" -ne 2 ]

# 3  
Old 05-25-2012
Or use "continue":
Code:
for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6
do
  if [ $i -eq 2 ]
  then
    continue #jump to element 3
  else
    echo $i
  fi
done

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# 4  
Old 05-25-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
Or use "continue":
Code:
for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6
do
  if [ $i -eq 2 ]
  then
    continue #jump to element 3
  else
    echo $i
  fi
done

Sure, it's an if statement within a for loop... time for coffee... Smilie
# 5  
Old 05-25-2012
thanks,
i forgot the use of continue,
i was thinking it would make the loop start from 1st again..... my bad.. sorry for spoiling your time.
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