The continue keyword in Java programming language

We will describe about the continue keyword in Java programming language

continue is used to skip execution (rest of loop)of a current iteration in a for loop or a while loop or do-while loop followed by advancement to the next iteration.

Syntax

Syntax of the continue keyword

for(i=0; i<max; i++)
{
<statements>
if(done with this part)
{
//optional
continue;
}
//rest of loop statement
<statement>
}

Example for continue keyword

public class Continue_Keyword{

    public static void main(String args[]){
      for (int i=0; i<=5; i++)
      {
        if (i==3)
            {
            continue;  //continue keyword
            }
        System.out.print(i+" ");
      }
    }

}

When the above code is compiled and executed, it will produce the following result

1 2 4 5

When using the break statements, the flow of control completely exits from the loop. continue statement ends the current iteration and jumps to the next iteration of the loop.

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