continue statement in c

  • The continue statement is used inside loop. When a continue statement is encountered inside a loop, control jumps to the beginning of the loop for next iteration, skipping the execution of statements inside the body of loop for the current iteration.
  • The continue statement causes an immediate jump to the top of a loop.
  • The continue statement brings back program control to the start of the loop. You can use it for both ‘for’ and ‘while’ loops.
  • The continue statement is exactly opposite to break. The continue statement is used for continuing the next iteration of loop statements.
  • When it occurs in the loop, it dose not terminate, but it skips current iteration and control is transferred to the next iteration.

    Syntax:

    continue;

Flow Diagram continue statement:

    continue in c

    Example:

    #include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
   int j=0;
   do
   {
      if (j==7)
      {
         j++;
         continue;
      }
      printf("%d ", j);
      j++;
   }while(j<10);
   return 0;
}

    Output:

    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9