Continue statement

C continue statement

• The continue statement in C language is used to continue the execution of loop (while, do while and for). It is used with if condition within the loop.
• In case of inner loops, it continues the control of inner loop only.

Syntax:

1. jump-statement;  
2. continue;  

The jump statement can be while, do while and for loop.

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Example of continue statement in c

1. #include <stdio.h>    
2. #include <conio.h>    
3. void main(){    
4. int i=1;//initializing a local variable  
5. clrscr();    
6.   
7. //starting a loop from 1 to 10  
8. for(i=1;i<=10;i++){    
9. if(i==5){//if value of i is equal to 5, it will continue the loop  
10. continue;  
11. }  
12. printf("%d \n",i);  
13. }//end of for loop  
14.   
15. getch();    
16. }    

Output

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

As you can see, 5 is not printed on the console because loop is continued at i==5.

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C continue statement with inner loop

• In such case, C continue statement continues only inner loop, but not outer loop.

1. #include <stdio.h>    
2. #include <conio.h>    
3. void main(){    
4. int i=1,j=1;//initializing a local variable  
5. clrscr();    
6.   
7. for(i=1;i<=3;i++){    
8. for(j=1;j<=3;j++){  
9. if(i==2 && j==2){  
10. continue;//will continue loop of j only  
11. }  
12. printf("%d &d\n",i,j);  
13. }  
14. }//end of for loop  
15.   
16. getch();    
17. }    

Output

1 1

1 2

1 3

2 1

2 3

3 1

3 2

3 3

As you can see, 2 2 is not printed on the console because inner loop is continued at i==2 and j==2.