# Re: continuing the next iteration

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-continuing-the-next-iteration/67967>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 8, 2006, 6:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-continuing-the-next-iteration/67967 "2006-09-08T06:24:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![phrogz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@phrogz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phrogz)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 6:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-continuing-the-next-iteration/67967/1 "2006-09-08T06:24:52Z")

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From: YAD [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)]

> What’s the Ruby equivalent of “next” in Perl or “continue” in C?  
> Is it possible to continue an outer loop, as in Perl’s “next”  
> with a label argument?

[http://phrogz.net/ProgrammingRuby/language.html#breakredonextandretry](http://phrogz.net/ProgrammingRuby/language.html#breakredonextandretry)