Simple Continue Statement in Java

Simple Continue Statement in Java

Continue Statement in java is used to continue execution of a particular program code segment. If  used inside an inner loop, the code in the loop is executed:

Continue Statement Flow Diagram

Example Code

 public class ContinueStatement {  
   public static void main(String args[])  
   {  
   int[] marks={20,25,30,70,80,90};  
    for(int x : marks) {  
      if( x == 30 ) {  
       continue;  
      }  
      System.out.print( x );  
      System.out.print("\n");  
    }  
   }  
 }  

Output:

 run:  
 20  
 25  
 70  
 80  
 90  
 BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 0 seconds)  

Continue Statement with inner loop

Inner loop code is executed if continue statement is used inside the inner loop.

Example Code:

 public class JavaContinueStatement {  
   public static void main(String[] args) {   
       for(int i=1;i<=5;i++){    
           for(int j=1;j<=5;j++){    
             if(i==3&&j==3){    
               continue;    
             }    
             System.out.println(i+" "+j);    
           }    
       }    
 }   
 }   

Output:

 run:  
 1 1  
 1 2  
 1 3  
 1 4  
 1 5  
 2 1  
 2 2  
 2 3  
 2 4  
 2 5  
 3 1  
 3 2  
 3 4  
 3 5  
 4 1  
 4 2  
 4 3  
 4 4  
 4 5  
 5 1  
 5 2  
 5 3  
 5 4  
 5 5  
 BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 0 seconds)