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6.10 The `continue` statement

      continue_stmt:  "continue"

`continue` may only occur syntactically nested in a `for` or `while` loop, but not nested in a function or class definition or `try` statement within that loop.6.1It continues with the next cycle of the nearest enclosing loop.

#### Footnotes

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  It may occur within an `except` or `else` clause. The restriction on occurring in the `try` clause is implementor's laziness and will eventually be lifted.