Computer Science Hub: continue statement in java

The continue keyword can be used in any of the loop control structures. It causes the loop to immediately jump to the next iteration of the loop.

In a for loop, the continue keyword causes control to immediately jump to the update statement.
In a while loop or do/while loop, control immediately jumps to the Boolean expression.

Syntax:

The syntax of a continue is a single statement inside any loop:

continue;

Flow Diagram

Example:

public class Test {

   public static void main(String args[]) {
      int [] numbers = {10, 20, 30, 40, 50};

      for(int x : numbers ) {
         if( x == 30 ) {
       continue;
         }
         System.out.print( x );
         System.out.print("\n");
      }
   }
}

This would produce the following result:

What is Next?

In the following chapter, we will be learning about decision making statements in Java programming.