Expert: David Nelson - 12/7/2006

Question
What exactly is the difference between CONTINUE and NEXT SENTENCE? Is there a best time to use one over the other?

Answer
If you put a period at the end of every logical IF statement in place of an END-IF, they work almost the same. But if you write block structured code where you embed IFs and various other statements with a '.' only befor the next paragraph label the difference is major. (see below)
IF condition0
 continue     <== [this continue work like a next sentence ]
else
 if contition2
   do....
 else
   do....
 end-if
 if condition3
   continue    <== [this continue takes you to the 'do' after the end-if]
 else
   do-----
 end-if
 do ------     <= [2nd continue begin here]
end-if
.
[This is where all NEXT SENTENCE statments will begin regardless of level of nested 'IF' they are in.]

Hope this helps.
David