Editing Control flow (section)

== Categories ==
[[File:Maldi informatics figure 7.JPG|thumb|upright=1.3|A [[state diagram]] of a peptide ion mass mapping search process.]]
The kinds of control flow statements supported by different languages vary, but can be categorized by their effect:
* Continuation at a different statement (unconditional [[Branch (computer science)|branch]] or jump)
* Executing a set of statements only if some condition is met (choice - i.e., [[conditional branch]])
* Executing a set of statements zero or more times, until some condition is met (i.e., loop - the same as [[conditional branch]])
* Executing a set of distant statements, after which the flow of control usually returns ([[subroutine]]s, [[coroutine]]s, and [[continuation]]s)
* Stopping the program, preventing any further execution (unconditional halt)