Not confusing at all. What you're asking about is probably next. Here's an example: 

my( @array ) = qw/one two three four five/;
foreach my $number ( @array ) {
    next if $number eq 'three';
    print $number, "\n";
}

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The output will be: 

one
two
four
five

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In other words, 'three' is skipped by 'next'. If your loop has a continue{...} block, that portion will still be executed, even if you 'next'.


Dave

In reply to Re: Skipping array element in a loop by davido
in thread Skipping array element in a loop by antioch

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