Java Continue Statement

The Java Continue statement is one of the most useful statement to controls the flow of loops. We generally use this statement inside the For Loop, While Loop and Do While Loop. While executing these loops, if compiler find the Java Continue statement inside them, it will stop the current loop iteration and starts the new iteration from the beginning.

For example, If we have 10 statements inside a loop. If we want to skip executing second 5 statements (statement 6 — statement 10) when certain condition is True otherwise, it has to execute all the 10 statements inside the loop. In this situation we place the If Statement after the 5^th statement and within the if block place the Java continue statement. If the condition is True, compiler will stop executing statement 6 to 10. Otherwise, it will execute statements 1 to 10.

Java Continue examples

The syntax of the Continue Statement in Java Programming language is as follows:

continue;

We would like to share two examples to display the working functionality of the Java Continue in both For loop and While loop

Java Continue in For Loop

In this Java program, we will show you, How to use Continue Statement in Java For Loop with example.

This program allows the user to enter any integer value and then it will display the Even and Odd numbers inside the given range.

// Java Continue Statement
package ConditionalStatements;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class ContinueStatement {
	private static Scanner sc;
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		int number;
		sc = new Scanner(System.in);		
		System.out.println(" Please Enter any Integer Value: ");
		number = sc.nextInt();
		int i;
		for (i = 1; i <= number; i++)  {
			if(i % 2 != 0)  {
				System.out.format("\n Odd Numbers = %d (Skipped By Continue)\n", i);
				continue;
			}
			System.out.format(" Even Numbers = %d ",i);
		}
	}
}

OUTPUT

ANALYSIS

• In this Java continue statement example, we are not going to explain the for loop. If you don’t understand for loop then please visit our article Java For Loop.
• Inside the for loop we placed If Statement to test whether (i % 2 != 0).
  • If this condition is True then continue statement will be executed and the iteration will stop at that number without printing the other statement: System.out.format(” Even Numbers = %d “,i);
  • If the condition is false then it will skip the Java continue statement and prints that value as output (In Our case Even Number)

Java Continue Statement in While Loop Example

In this Java program, we will show you, How to use Java Continue Statement inside the While Loop with example.

This program allows the user to enter any integer values. Next, it use continue statement, and it will display all the values from 0 to given number except 4 and 8.

/ Java Continue Statement in While Loop example

package ConditionalStatements;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class ContinueinWhile {
 private static Scanner sc;
 public static void main(String[] args) {
 int number;
 sc = new Scanner(System.in); 
 System.out.println(" Please Enter any Integer Value below 10: ");
 number = sc.nextInt();
 int i = 0;
 while (i <= number)  {
 if(i == 4 || i == 8)  {
 System.out.format(" Skipped By Continue = %d \n", i);
 i++;
 continue;
 }
 System.out.format(" Values = %d \n", i);
 i++;
 }
 }
}

OUTPUT

ANALYSIS

Here we are not going to explain the While loop. If you don’t understand While loop then please visit our article Java While Loop. Inside the While loop we placed If Statement to test whether i is equal to 4 or 8.

• If this condition is True then Java continue statement will be executed and the iteration will stop at that number without printing the other statement: System.out.format(” Values = %d \n”, i);. For better understanding, we placed System.out.format(” Skipped By Continue = %d \n”, i); inside the If condition. So, whenever the iteration break, that value be printed from this statement.
• If the condition is false then it will skip the continue statement and prints that number as output (In Our case 0,1,2,3,4,6,7,8,10)