continue
continue statement forces an early iteration of a loop.
In
while and do-while loops, a continue statement causes control to be transferred to the conditional
expression that controls the loop. In a
for loop, control goes first to the iteration portion of the for statement and then to the conditional expression.The following code shows how to use a continue statement.
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] argv) {
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
System.out.print(i + " ");
if (i % 2 == 0)
continue;
System.out.println("");
}
}
}
The code above generates the following result.
0 1
2 3
4 5
6 7
8 9
Using continue with a label
continue may specify a label to describe which enclosing loop to continue.
public class Main {
public static void main(String args[]) {
outer: for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < 10; j++) {
if (j > i) {
System.out.println();
continue outer;
}
System.out.print(" " + (i * j));
}
}
System.out.println();
}
}
Here is the output of this program:
0
0 1
0 2 4
0 3 6 9
0 4 8 12 16
0 5 10 15 20 25
0 6 12 18 24 30 36
0 7 14 21 28 35 42 49
0 8 16 24 32 40 48 56 64
0 9 18 27 36 45 54 63 72 81