continue statement in C
In C program continue statement is use to force loop to stop current iteration and start executing next iteration.
In simple terms continue statement is use to stop current execution of loop and start with next iteration we can use continue with if-else statement and when certain condition is matched we can start next iteration.
Example of continue statement with while loop
#include<stdio.h>
void main()
{
int i=0;
while(i<=5)
{
i++;
if(i == 3)
{
continue;
}
printf("%d ITVoyagers n",i);
}
}
Output:
1 ITVoyagers
2 ITVoyagers
4 ITVoyagers
5 ITVoyagers
In above example while loop will starting iterating because initial condition is valid and it will print value of i followed by ITVoyagers, but when value of i reaches to 3 then condition for inner if statement gets true and this will execute continue statement, which will force while loop to stop current iteration and start with next iteration, hence “3 ITVoyagers” is missing from output.
Example of continue statement with do-while loop
#include<stdio.h>
void main()
{
int i=0;
do
{
i++;
if(i == 3)
{
continue;
}while(i<=5);
printf("%d ITVoyagers n",i);
}
}
Output:
1 ITVoyagers
2 ITVoyagers
4 ITVoyagers
5 ITVoyagers
Example of continue statement with for loop
#include<stdio.h>
void main()
{
int i;
for(i=0; i<=5; i++)
{
if(i == 3)
{
continue;
}
printf("%d ITVoyagers n",i);
}
}
Output:
0 ITVoyagers
1 ITVoyagers
2 ITVoyagers
4 ITVoyagers
5 ITVoyagers
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