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The continue keyword in C doesn’t terminate the loop, but when continue keyword occurs then control of the program jumped to the ending of the loop and later to the beginning of the loop. Due to this the remaining statements of loop after the continue keyword is skipped.

Syntax:- continue

Use of continue statement in C

Using continue keyword inside while loop

 #include<stdio.h>
 int main()
 {
   int i=0;
   while(i<5)
   {
     i++;
     if(i==3) continue;
     printf("%d\t",i);
   }
   return 0;
 }

Output:-

1 2 4 5

In this program, when the value of the variable i becomes 3 then the continue statement is executed. Due to the continue statement, the remaining statement of the while loop is skipped.

Using continue keyword inside for loop

 #include<stdio.h>
 int main()
 {
   for(int i=1; i<5; i++)
   {
     if(i==3) continue;
     printf("%d\t",i);
   }
   return 0;
 }

Output:-

1 2 4

Continue keyword in C inside nested loops

The continue keyword of the inner loop only skip statements of the inner loop, it doesn’t affect outer loop statements.

 #include<stdio.h>
 int main()
 {
   for(int i=1; i<=3; i++)
   {
     for(int j=1; j<=3; j++)
     {
       if(i==2) continue;
       printf("i=%d \t j=%d\n",i, j);
     }
     printf("Outer for loop, i=%d\n",i);
   }
   return 0;
 }

Output:-

i=1 j=1
i=1 j=2
i=1 j=3
Outer for loop, i=1
Outer for loop, i=2
i=3 j=1
i=3 j=2
i=3 j=3
Outer for loop, i=3

In below program, if the value of any variable either i and j is even then continue skip the remaining statements of the inner loop.

 #include<stdio.h>
 int main()
 {
   for(int i=1; i<5; i++)
   {
     for(int j=1; j<5; j++)
     {
       if(i%2==0 || j%2==0) continue;
       printf("%d\t%d\n",i,j);
     }
   }
   return 0;
 }

Output:-

1 1
1 3
3 1
3 3

The rule for continue statement

The continue keyword, only used within loops.

 #include<stdio.h>
 int main()
 {
   printf("Hello");
   continue;
   printf("Hi");
   return 0;
 }

Difference between Break and Continue

break	continue
It helps to make an early exit from the block where it appears.	It helps in avoiding the remaining statements in a current iteration of the loop and continuing with the next iteration.
It can be used in all control statements including switch-case statements.	It can be only used in loop statements, can’t with switch-case statements.
It can be executed only once per loop.	It can execute more than one time in a loop.

Programs using Continue in C

Program:- Display odd number in a given range

 #include<stdio.h>
 int main()
 {
   int i=0, n;
   printf("Enter n value: ");
   scanf("%d",&n);
   while(i<=n)
   {
     i++;
     if(i%2==0) continue;
     printf("%d\t",i);
   }
   return 0;
 }

Output:-

1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15

Program:- Find the sum of positive numbers in a given set of 5 numbers. The program should accept input values from the user.

 #include<stdio.h>
 int main()
 {
   int sum=0;
   for(int n, i=0; i<5; i++)
   {
     printf("Enter a number: ");
     scanf("%d",&n);
     if(n<0) continue;
     sum += n;
   }
   printf("Sum = %d",sum);
   return 0;
 }

Output:-

Enter a number: 5
Enter a number: -10
Enter a number: 20
Enter a number: -8
Enter a number: 0
Sum = 25

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