CONTINUE: no operation statement

• CONTINUE can be used as
  • terminating statement of a labelled DO loop
    • DO 1000 i = 1, N
    • ...
    • 1000 CONTINUE
  • target of an error exit of a function
    • READ(FIle=my_file, ERRor=999) variable_list
    • ...
    • 999 CONTINUE
  • target of a GOTO label statement
    • GOTO 123
    • ...
    • 123 CONTINUE
• the term "CONTINUE" can as well be omitted, a blank line or a stand-alone label suffice