my @test = qw[abc def ghi xyz];
my @res;

for (@test) {
    when (/abc/) {push @res, "abc"; continue}
    when (/def/) {push @res, "def"; last}
    when (/xyz/) {push @res, "xyz"; next}
    default {push @res, "default"}
}
continue {
    print "FOR/CONT($_): @res\n";
    @res = ();
}
__END__
FOR/CONT(abc): abc default