continue Statement in Java


'continue' is a keyword.

☞It can only be used in the body of loop.

Example

public class ContinueExample1 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
        for(int i=1;i<=10;i++){
            if(i==5){
                continue;
            }
        System.out.println(i);
        }
    
    }
}

Output

1
2
3
4
6
7
8
9
10

Example

public class ContinueExample2 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
        for(int i=1;i<=3;i++){
            
            for(int j=1;j<=3;j++){
                
                if(i==2 && j==2){
                    continue;
                }
                System.out.println(i+" "+j);
            }
        }
        
    }
}

Output

1 1
1 2
1 3
2 1
2 3
3 1
3 2
3 3