{"id":5652,"date":"2024-03-14T03:08:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T03:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-usage-of-continue-in-java\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T17:54:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:54:14","slug":"what-is-the-usage-of-continue-in-java","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-usage-of-continue-in-java\/","title":{"rendered":"Java Continue Statement: Usage and Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Java, the continue statement is used to skip the remaining code in the current loop and move on to the next iteration. When the continue statement is executed, the program will immediately jump to the next iteration of the loop and start executing the next loop. The continue statement is usually used in conjunction with an if statement to skip the remaining code in the loop under specific conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Here are examples of how to use the continue statement:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">for<\/span> (<span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-variable\">i<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>; i &lt; <span class=\"hljs-number\">10<\/span>; i++) {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span> (i % <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span> == <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>) {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">continue<\/span>; <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ \u5982\u679ci\u662f\u5076\u6570\uff0c\u5219\u8df3\u8fc7\u5f53\u524d\u5faa\u73af<\/span>\r\n    }\r\n    System.out.println(i);\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the above example, when i is an even number, the continue statement will skip the System.out.println(i) code and directly move to the next iteration. 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