Java continue Statement

In this tutorial, you will learn about the continue statement, how to use continue statement with for-loop,while-loop,do-while loop in Java with the help of examples.

• Introduction :

  The Java continue statement is used to continue the loop. It continues the current flow of the program and skips the remaining code at the specified condition.

• Syntax :

  
  continue;

• Example of continue statement with for-loop :

  
  //Java Program to demonstrate the use of continue statement  
  //inside the for loop.  
  public class ContinueExample 
  {  
  	public static void main(String[] args) 
  	{  
  		//for loop  
      		for(int i=1;i<=10;i++)
  		{  
          		if(i==5)
  			{  
              			//using continue statement  
              			continue;   //it will skip the rest statement  
          		}  
          		System.out.println(i);  
      		}  
  	}  
  }

  Output :

  
  1
  2
  3
  4
  6
  7
  8
  9
  10
  

• Example of continue statement with while loop :

  
  //Java Program to demonstrate the use of continue statement  
  //inside the while loop.  
  public class ContinueWhileExample 
  {  
  	public static void main(String[] args) 
  	{  
      		//while loop  
      		int i=1;  
      		while(i<=10)
  		{  
          		if(i==5)
  			{  
  				//using continue statement  
              			i++;  
              			continue;	//it will skip the rest statement  
          		}  
          		System.out.println(i);  
          		i++;  
      		}  
  	}  
  }  

  Output :

  
  1
  2
  3
  4
  6
  7
  8
  9
  10
  

• Example of continue statement with do-while loop :

  
  //Java Program to demonstrate the use of continue statement  
  //inside the Java do-while loop.  
  public class ContinueDoWhileExample 
  {  
  	public static void main(String[] args) 
  	{  
  		//declaring variable  
      		int i=1;  
      		//do-while loop  
      		do
  		{  
          		if(i==5)
  			{  
                  		//using continue statement  
                   		i++;  
              			continue;//it will skip the rest statement  
          		}  
          		System.out.println(i);  
          		i++;  
      		}while(i<=10);  
  	}  
  }    

  Output :

  
  1
  2
  3
  4
  6
  7
  8
  9
  10