Uses continue to skip part of loop when reading user input - C Statement

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Description

Uses continue to skip part of loop when reading user input

Demo Code

#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
    const float MIN = 0.0f;
    const float MAX = 100.0f;
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    float score;
    float total = 0.0f;
    int n = 0;
    float min = MAX;
    float max = MIN;
    
    printf("Enter the first score (q to quit): ");
    while (scanf("%f", &score) == 1){
        if (score < MIN || score > MAX){
            printf("%0.1f is an invalid value. Try again: ", score);
            continue;   // jumps to while loop test condition
        }
        printf("Accepting %0.1f:\n", score);
        min = (score < min)? score: min;
        max = (score > max)? score: max;
        total += score;
        n++;
        printf("Enter next score (q to quit): ");
    }
    if (n > 0){
        printf("Average of %d scores is %0.1f.\n", n, total / n);
        printf("Low = %0.1f, high = %0.1f\n", min, max);
    }
    else
        printf("No valid scores were entered.\n");
    return 0;
}

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