Java Continue Statement, Label loop

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Continue statement is used to skip the current loop iteration when a condition is satisfied.
Mainly used in while or for loop.

Syntax:

continue;

Example Flow chart:

Example Program:

package com.adeepdrive.switchdemo;
public class ContinueExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Printing even numbers");
        for (int i = 0; i <= 10; i++) {
            if (i % 2 == 1) {
                continue;
            }
            System.out.println(i);
        }
    }
}

Output: Printing even numbers 0 2 4 6 8 10 Some of you may expect the loop to print from 0 to 10 but there we have condition if the remainder of value i is equal to 1 then continue statement will be executed. First it will skip the lines after the continue and go for next iteration value. Here it is skipped 5 times.

Inner loop continue example:

 

It works in inner loop only skips the current inner loop iteration and not skip outer loop iteration.

package com.adeepdrive.switchdemo;
public class ContinueExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Printing even numbers");
        for (int i = 0; i <= 10; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < 10; j++) {
                if (j % 2 == 1) {
                    continue;
                }
                System.out.println("i value:: " + i + " j value :: " + j);
            }
        }
    }
}

Output:


Printing even numbers
i value:: 0 j value :: 0
i value:: 0 j value :: 2
i value:: 0 j value :: 4
i value:: 0 j value :: 6
i value:: 0 j value :: 8
i value:: 1 j value :: 0
i value:: 1 j value :: 2
i value:: 1 j value :: 4
i value:: 1 j value :: 6
i value:: 1 j value :: 8
i value:: 2 j value :: 0
i value:: 2 j value :: 2
i value:: 2 j value :: 4
i value:: 2 j value :: 6
i value:: 2 j value :: 8
i value:: 3 j value :: 0
i value:: 3 j value :: 2
i value:: 3 j value :: 4
i value:: 3 j value :: 6
i value:: 3 j value :: 8
i value:: 4 j value :: 0
i value:: 4 j value :: 2
i value:: 4 j value :: 4
i value:: 4 j value :: 6
i value:: 4 j value :: 8
i value:: 5 j value :: 0
i value:: 5 j value :: 2
i value:: 5 j value :: 4
i value:: 5 j value :: 6
i value:: 5 j value :: 8
i value:: 6 j value :: 0
i value:: 6 j value :: 2
i value:: 6 j value :: 4
i value:: 6 j value :: 6
i value:: 6 j value :: 8
i value:: 7 j value :: 0
i value:: 7 j value :: 2
i value:: 7 j value :: 4
i value:: 7 j value :: 6
i value:: 7 j value :: 8
i value:: 8 j value :: 0
i value:: 8 j value :: 2
i value:: 8 j value :: 4
i value:: 8 j value :: 6
i value:: 8 j value :: 8
i value:: 9 j value :: 0
i value:: 9 j value :: 2
i value:: 9 j value :: 4
i value:: 9 j value :: 6
i value:: 9 j value :: 8
i value:: 10 j value :: 0
i value:: 10 j value :: 2
i value:: 10 j value :: 4
i value:: 10 j value :: 6
i value:: 10 j value :: 8

Label Continue Statement example:

 

If we want to move to outer loop when continue encounters in inner loop. We can achieve this using label concept.

package com.adeepdrive.switchdemo;
public class ContinueExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Printing even numbers");
        
        Outer:
        for (int i = 0; i <= 10; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < 10; j++) {
                if (j % 2 == 1) {
                    continue Outer;
                }
                System.out.println("i value:: " + i + " j value :: " + j);
            }
        }
    }
}

Output: 

Printing even numbers
i value:: 0 j value :: 0
i value:: 1 j value :: 0
i value:: 2 j value :: 0
i value:: 3 j value :: 0
i value:: 4 j value :: 0
i value:: 5 j value :: 0
i value:: 6 j value :: 0
i value:: 7 j value :: 0
i value:: 8 j value :: 0
i value:: 9 j value :: 0
i value:: 10 j value :: 0