Detailed Explanation of the C Language Continue Statement

The continue statement in C is used to transfer control to the beginning of the loop. The continue statement skips some code inside the loop and continues with the next iteration. It is mainly used to skip certain code based on specific conditions.

Syntax:

// Loop statement continue;// Some code lines to skip

Example of continue Statement 1

#include <stdio.h>
void main () {  int i = 0;  while (i != 10) {      printf("%d", i);      continue;      i++;  }}

Output

Infinite Loop

Example of continue Statement 2

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#include <stdio.h>
int main() {  int i = 1; // Initialize a local variable  // Loop from 1 to 10  for (i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {      if (i == 5) { // If the value of i equals 5, continue the loop          continue;      }      printf("%d\n", i);  }  return 0;}

Output

1234678910

As you can see, 5 is not printed on the console because the loop is skipped when i equals 5.

C Continue Statement with Inner Loops

In this case, the C continue statement will only continue the inner loop and will not continue the outer loop.

#include <stdio.h>
int main() {  int i = 1, j = 1; // Initialize local variables  for (i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {      for (j = 1; j <= 3; j++) {          if (i == 2 && j == 2) {              continue; // Only continues the j loop          }          printf("%d %d\n", i, j);      }  }  return 0;}

Output

1 11 21 32 12 33 13 23 3

As you can see, 2 2 is not printed on the console because the inner loop is skipped when i equals 2 and j equals 2.

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