# ITERATE

## Syntax

```sql
ITERATE label
```

`ITERATE` can appear only within [LOOP](/docs/server/reference/sql-statements/programmatic-compound-statements/loop.md), [REPEAT](/docs/server/reference/sql-statements/programmatic-compound-statements/repeat-loop.md), and [WHILE](/docs/server/reference/sql-statements/programmatic-compound-statements/while.md) statements.`ITERATE` means "do the loop again", and uses the statement's [label](/docs/server/reference/sql-statements/programmatic-compound-statements/labels.md) to determine which statements to repeat. The label must be in the same stored program, not in a caller procedure.

If you try to use `ITERATE` with a non-existing label, or if the label is associated to a construct which is not a loop, the following error will be produced:

```sql
ERROR 1308 (42000): ITERATE with no matching label: <label_name>
```

Below is an example of how `ITERATE` might be used:

```sql
CREATE PROCEDURE doiterate(p1 INT)
BEGIN
  label1: LOOP
    SET p1 = p1 + 1;
    IF p1 < 10 THEN ITERATE label1; END IF;
    LEAVE label1;
  END LOOP label1;
  SET @x = p1;
END
```

## See Also

* [LEAVE](/docs/server/reference/sql-statements/programmatic-compound-statements/leave.md) - Exits a loop (or any labeled code block)

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