Java continue statement
Description
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.
Syntax
continue;
or
continue labelName;Example
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("");
}/*ww w .j a v a 2s. co m*/
}
}
The code above generates the following result.
Example 2
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();// www . ja va 2 s . c o m
continue outer;
}
System.out.print(" " + (i * j));
}
}
System.out.println();
}
}
Here is the output of this program:
