====== NEXT ======
===== next_statement =====
<code vhdl>[ label : ] next [ loop _label ] [ when condition ] ;</code>

===== Parents =====
  * function_statement_part
  * procedure_statement_part
  * process_statement_part

===== Further definitions =====
==== label ====
  * [[.:bnf#identifier]]

==== condition ====
''//boolean// _[[.:bnf#expression]]''

===== Examples =====
In both examples the statements following the **NEXT** -statement are ignored if //value = 3// .

In the first example this is achieved by a conditional **NEXT** -statement, whereas in the second example an unconditional **NEXT** -statement has been integrated into an **IF** -loop.
<code vhdl>
WHILE value > 0 LOOP
   NEXT WHEN value = 3 ;
   tab( value ) := value REM 2 ;
   value := value / 2 ;
END LOOP ;
</code>
<code vhdl>
WHILE value > 0 LOOP
   IF value = 3 THEN NEXT ;
   END IF ;
   tab( value ) := value REM 2 ;
   value := value / 2 ;
END LOOP ;
</code>

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These are two examples of chained **FOR** -loops which are needed to calculate the values of the elements of a two-dimensional array.

In the first example the succeeding statements for the inner loop are ignored if //i = j//.

In the second example the process is continued with the next passage of the external loop if //i = j// .
<code vhdl>
lbl_1 : FOR i IN 10 DOWNTO 2 LOOP
   lbl_2 : FOR j IN 0 TO i LOOP
      NEXT lbl_2 WHEN i = j ;
      table ( i, j ) := i + j - 7 ;
   END LOOP lbl_2 ;
END LOOP lbl_1 ;
</code>
<code vhdl>
lbl_1 : FOR i IN 10 DOWNTO 2 LOOP
   lbl_2 : FOR j IN 0 TO i LOOP
      NEXT lbl_1 WHEN i = j ;
      table ( i, j ) := i + j - 7 ;
   END LOOP lbl_2 ;
END LOOP lbl_1 ;
</code>