Statement Control » Continue Statement

The continue Statement

The continue statement stops the execution of the current iteration and causes control to begin with the next iteration.

For example, the following code prints the number 0 to 9, except 5.

public class MainClass {   public static void main(String[] args) {     for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {       if (i == 5) {         continue;       }       System.out.println(i);     }   } }

The continue statement: skips all or part of a loop iteration

public class MainClass {

  public static void main(String[] arg) {
    int limit = 10;
    int sum = 0;
    for (int i = 1; i <= limit; i++) {
      if (i % 3 == 0) {
        continue;
      }
      sum += i;
    }
    System.out.println(sum);
  }

}

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The Labeled continue statement 

public class MainClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    int limit = 20;
    int factorial = 1;

    OuterLoop: for (int i = 1; i <= limit; i++) {
      factorial = 1;
      for (int j = 2; j <= i; j++) {
        if (i > 10 && i % 2 == 1) {
          continue OuterLoop;
        }
        factorial *= j;
      }
      System.out.println(i + "! is " + factorial);
    }
  }
}

1! is 1
2! is 2
3! is 6
4! is 24
5! is 120
6! is 720
7! is 5040
8! is 40320
9! is 362880
10! is 3628800
12! is 479001600
14! is 1278945280
16! is 2004189184
18! is -898433024
20! is -2102132736

Calculating Primes: using continue statement and label

continue may be followed by a label to identify which enclosing loop to continue to.

public class MainClass {   public static void main(String[] args) {     int nValues = 50;     OuterLoop: for (int i = 2; i <= nValues; i++) {       for (int j = 2; j < i; j++) {         if (i % j == 0) {           continue OuterLoop;         }       }       System.out.println(i);     }   } }

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