The continue statement is used to transfer control from inside a loop to the end of the loop but does not exit the loop like the break statement does. The continue statement consists of the keyword, continue.
When executed, it forces the evaluation of the loop's logical expression. In the following statement sequence:
while (i < j) {
…
if (i < 0) {
continue;
}
…
}if i is less than 0, it will bypass the rest of the body of the loop. If the loop condition i<j does not evaluate to false, the next iteration of the loop will be performed.
The continue statement is often used to eliminate a level of nesting which is often necessary. The preceding example would appear as follows, if the continue statement was not used:
while (i < j) {
…
if (i < 0) {
// Do nothing
} else {
…
}
}