VBA – how to conditionally skip a for loop iteration

calendar_today Asked Dec 30, 2011
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Question posted 2011 · +57 upvotes

I have a for loop over an array. What I want to do is test for a certain condition in the loop and skip to the next iteration if true:

For i = LBound(Schedule, 1) To UBound(Schedule, 1)
    If (Schedule(i, 1) < ReferenceDate) Then
        PrevCouponIndex = i
        Continue   '*** THIS LINE DOESN'T COMPILE, nor does "Next"
    End If
    DF = Application.Run("SomeFunction"....)
    PV = PV + (DF * Coupon / CouponFrequency)
Next

I Know I can do:

 If (Schedule(i, 1) < ReferenceDate) Then Continue For

but I want to be able to record the last value of i in the PrevCouponIndex variable.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Accepted answer +116 upvotes

VBA does not have a Continue or any other equivalent keyword to immediately jump to the next loop iteration. I would suggest a judicious use of Goto as a workaround, especially if this is just a contrived example and your real code is more complicated:

For i = LBound(Schedule, 1) To UBound(Schedule, 1)
    If (Schedule(i, 1) < ReferenceDate) Then
        PrevCouponIndex = i
        Goto NextIteration
    End If
    DF = Application.Run("SomeFunction"....)
    PV = PV + (DF * Coupon / CouponFrequency)
    '....'
    'a whole bunch of other code you are not showing us'
    '....'
    NextIteration:
Next

If that is really all of your code, though, @Brian is absolutely correct. Just put an Else clause in your If statement and be done with it.

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