Java For Dummies Quick Reference

continue Statement

A continue statement is used in a loop created by a while or do statement to skip the remaining statements in the loop. When the continue statement is encountered, control jumps back to the top (while) or bottom (do) of the loop. There, the expression is immediately evaluated again. If the expression is still true, the loop’s statement or block is executed again.

Here’s a loop that counts from 1 to 20, but skips the number 12:

int number = 0;

while (number < 20)

{

number++;

if (number == 12)

continue;

System.out.print(number + “ “);

}

This loop produces the following output in the console window:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20