Java continue keyword example

In Java, the continue keyword is used to stop execution of a current iteration in a for loop or a while loop, then advance to the next iteration. The statements after the continue keyword won’t be executed. The syntax is as follows:

for/while (expressions) {
    // statemenst 1...
    if (condition) {
        continue;
    }
    // statements 2...
} 

The following example uses continue keyword to skip the even value of the variable i, thus the for loop will print out all the odd numbers from 1 to 100:

for (int i = 1; i < 100; i++) {
    if (i % 2 == 0) {
        continue;
    }
    System.out.println(i);
}

Similarly, the following while loop will produce a list of even numbers from 1 to 100:

int count = 1;
while (count <= 100) {
    if (count % 2 != 0) {
        count++;
        continue;
    }
    System.out.println(count);
    count++;
}

Related keywords: for, while. See all keywords in Java.

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