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.

There are other Java language keywords that are similar to the this keyword

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