Continue statement in C programming Language

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Continue statement in C Language

In this article, we discuss the concept of the continue statement in C Language and how to use continue in C language

The continue is used to skip one or more statements inside the loop in C programming language. The continue statement is used to move the program control at the beginning of the loop and it is used inside the if…else clause(decision marking statement). Although the continue statements function like break statements(skip one or more line of code), they are not the same.

Syntex in continue statements

continue;

flow chart of continue statements

Control flow of the continue in for loop

Control flow of continue in while_loop

Control flow of continue in while_loop

Continue in for loop

We can use the continue statements with for loop. When we use continue statements in for loop, some codes are skipped and control moves to the beginning of the program.
Program 1

When the above code is executed, The following output displays

1
2
3
4
skipped value :5
6
7
8
9
10
End of loop!

Number 5 is skipped in this serious of element by the continue statement

Program 2

When the above code is executed, The following output displays

Number 10 is skipped in this addition by the continue statement

Continue in while loop

We can use the continue statements with while loop. When we use continue statements in while loop, some codes are skipped and control moves to the beginning of the program.

Program

When the above code is executed, The following output is displayed

1
2
3
4
5
skipped value :6
7
8
9
10
End of loop!

Number 6 is skipped in this serious of element by the continue statement

Program2

When the above code is executed, The following output displays

Number 25 is skipped in this addition by the continue statement

Continue in do-while loop

We can use the continue statements with do-while loop. When we use continue statements in do- while loop, some codes are skipped and control moves to the beginning of the program.

Program 1

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main()
{
int i=0;
    do{
        if(i==5){
  i++;
        continue;
        }
        printf("%d",i);
i++;
    }
    while(i<=10);

    printf("\nEnd of loop!\n");
    getch();
    return 0;
}

When the above code is executed, The following output displays