C - Continue Statement

Overview

continue skips to the next iteration of the nearest enclosing loop.

Learning Objectives

• Use continue to skip work conditionally.

Prerequisites

• C - For Loop

Example

for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
  if (i % 2 == 0) continue; // skip even
  printf("%d ", i);
}

Checks for Understanding

1. Does continue exit the loop?

Expected Output

For the example that prints only odd numbers in [0,4]:

1 3 

Common Pitfalls

• Using continue without updating loop variables can lead to infinite loops.
• Be mindful of off-by-one errors when skipping iterations.

Exercises

1. Print numbers from 1 to 20 skipping multiples of 3.
2. Given an array, print only the positive values using continue to skip others.