Is there an quivalent to 'jump' or 'go to' in Matlab?

Question

I have this code:

values_nodelay = no_of_values(2:2:end)
no_of_values_x1 = (find(u~=[u(2:end), u(end)+1]));
no_of_values_x1 = no_of_values_x1(2:2:end)
l = 1;
delay = 2;
values_delay = [];
while l<=length(values_nodelay) 
    values_delay_temp = values_nodelay(l)-delay; 
    if delay>values_delay_temp

    end
    values_delay = [values_delay, values_delay_temp];
    l = l+1;
end
values_delay

I need a goto or jump function to the beginning of while, or an equivalent if anyone knows an easier way, that if delay > values_delay_temp, it won't become part of the final vector values_delay. Instead, I want to skip it and continue again with the while loop.

Answer 1

Rather than using jumps like continue or break, you could just do this:

if delay<=values_delay_temp
    values_delay=[values_delay, values_delay_temp];
end

In other words make the "default" behavior of the loop to do nothing, and then only increment your vector when you hit the right condition. It's much clearer and easier to debug.

Also instead of using vector concatenation like you have, I've found it's more efficient to do values_delay(end+1) = values_delay_temp; if you have to grow a vector in a loop.