Branching statement: continue

continue statement skips the current iteration of a for, while, do-while loops. Just like break, continue also has two forms.

    1. unlabelled continue

    2. labelled continue

Unlabelled continue

    Syntax

        continue;

Example: Count the number of odd values from 0 to 10

class ContinueEx{
 public static void main(String args[]){
  int counter = 0;
  
  for(int i=0; i < 11; i++){
   if(i % 2 == 0)
    continue;
   System.out.println(i);
   counter++;
  }
  
  System.out.println("Total number of odd numbers from 0 to 10 is " + counter);
 }
}

       

Output

1
3 
5
7
9  
Total number of odd numbers from 0 to 10 is 5 

       

Labelled continue

     Syntax

     continue labelName;

Example

class ContinueEx{
 public static void main(String args[]){
  int counter = 0;
  
  myLabel:
   for(int i=0; i < 11; i++){
    if( i < 10)
     continue myLabel;
    System.out.println(i);
   }
   
  System.out.println("I am out of the label");
 }
}

Output

10
I am out of the label

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