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<div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" class="">Dear Jack<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" class="">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" class="">Thanks for your reply </span><span style="font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D" class="">J</span><span style="color:#1F497D" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" class="">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" class="">I was just trying to make very simple do loops looking like this in old fortran<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" class="">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" class="">Do i=0,10<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" class="">&nbsp;&nbsp; Do j=0,20<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" class="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; If(a(i).eq.b(j)) then<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" class="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;X = j<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" class="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Go to 333<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" class="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; End if<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" class="">&nbsp;&nbsp; End do<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" class="">333 continue<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" class="">End do<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" class="">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" class="">But "Go to " is not a statement used in NCL, and there is not much explanation about "continue" in the NCL page.
<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" class="">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" class="">There must be a way to do this in NCL I reckon!<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" class="">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" class="">Cheers<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" class="">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" class="">Eunpa<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" class="">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i class=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" class="">Eun-Pa Lim<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" class="">Research Scientist
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 [<a href="mailto:jack.ogaja@gmail.com" class="">mailto:jack.ogaja@gmail.com</a>] <br class="">
<b class="">Sent:</b> Tuesday, 27 October 2015 10:10 PM<br class="">
<b class="">To:</b> Eun-Pa Lim<br class="">
<b class="">Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:ncl-talk@ucar.edu" class="">ncl-talk@ucar.edu</a><br class="">
<b class="">Subject:</b> Re: [ncl-talk] usage of "continue" [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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</div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class="">&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Really…? I guess it will be easier if you show a piece of ncl script which gives a hint of what you are trying to achieve. In principle if you understand what “continue” means/does in ‘your preferred' language, then I assume you should
 be able to implement or know whether it is possible to implement a similar algorithm in ncl after reading the ncl-statements documentation and probably going through a few examples.<o:p class=""></o:p></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">Or you can just provide a Pseudocode of your intended program to make it easier for somebody to help.<o:p class=""></o:p></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">Jack&nbsp;<o:p class=""></o:p></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">On 27 Oct 2015, at 11:12, Eun-Pa Lim &lt;<a href="mailto:E.Lim@bom.gov.au" class="">E.Lim@bom.gov.au</a>&gt; wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">Hi NCL users,<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Could anybody please teach me how to use "continue" in a do loop in NCL? I can't find an example in
<a href="https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Manuals/Ref_Manual/NclStatements.shtml" class="">
https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Manuals/Ref_Manual/NclStatements.shtml</a> <o:p class="">
</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Many thanks!<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Eunpa<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" class="">&nbsp;</span><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i class=""><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" class="">Eun-Pa Lim</span></i><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" class="">Research Scientist
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