Re: A question about loop with CONTINUE

Simon wrote:

> I'm new to Fortran. Just have a simple question about GO TO and CONTINUE
> in loop. See the following example:
>
> DO 10 I=1,N
> (Code..........)
> IF (A.GT.B)GO TO 10
> (Code.........)
> 10 CONTINUE
> (subsequent code........)
>
> I am not sure what "GO TO 10" will do:
> - get out of the loop, and execute subsequent code.
> OR
> - go to "10 CONTINUE", and get back to "DO 10 I=1,N", keep looping till N
> reached.
>
> Thank you in advance!

Why are you using such ancient dialect of Fortran (curiosity aside) ?
Fortran 77 is about 20-25 years old.
.

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