How do you use the continue statement in the C language?
In the C language, the continue statement is used to skip the remaining code in the current iteration and move on to the next iteration. It is typically used in conjunction with looping statements like for loops or while loops.
The usage of the continue statement is as follows:
- Using the continue statement in a loop allows you to immediately skip the remaining code of the current iteration and move on to the next iteration.
- Loop through numbers from 0 to 9, skipping 5. Print the numbers. Output: 0 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9
- The continue statement can also be used in nested loops, where it will skip the current inner loop and move on to the next iteration of the inner loop.
- for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < 5; j++) { if (j == 2) { skip; // Skip current iteration when j equals 2 } printf("%d,%d ", i, j); } } // Output: 0,0 0,1 0,3 0,4 1,0 1,1 1,3 1,4 2,0 2,1 2,3 2,4 3,0 3,1 3,3 3,4 4,0 4,1 4,3 4,4
It is important to note that the continue statement will only skip the remaining code of the current iteration, it will not end the entire loop. If you want to end the entire loop, you can use the break statement.