What is the continue keyword in Java?
continue can be used to immediately jump to the next iteration of the loop (or exit the loop if the loop condition no longer holds). The remaining code in the current iteration is skipped.
For loops
In for loops, a continue statement jumps directly to the update command and then on to the next iteration of the loop (or it exits the loop if the loop condition no longer holds).
Example
In the following for loop, the print statement is skipped when the value of i is .
class ContinueLoop {public static void main( String args[] ) {for (int i = 1; i <= 5; i++) {if (i == 3) {continue;}System.out.println(i);}}}
In enhanced for loops, the behavior is similar: the loop variable is updated to point to the next element, and the next iteration runs.
for (Order order : orders) {if (order.isProcessed()) {// Continue to next ordercontinue;}process(order);}
Nested loops
By default, continue only applies to the immediately enclosing loop. To make an outer loop continue, use labeled statements.
continueis useful as it can make the loop more efficient. Certain operations will be skipped if they are not required.
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