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Control Flow

Conditional statements, loops, branching

if/elseif/else	Execute statements if condition is true
for	Execute statements specified number of times
parfor	Parallel for loop
switch/case/otherwise	Switch among several cases based on expression
try/catch	Execute statements and catch resulting errors
while	Repeatedly execute statements while condition is true

break	Terminate execution of `for` or `while` loop
continue	Pass control to next iteration of `for` or `while` loop
end	Terminate block of code, or indicate last array index
pause	Halt execution temporarily
return	Return to invoking function

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