C Syntax

The continue statement can be used to skip the rest of the body of an iterative loop. The use of a continue statement violates the rules of structured programming, however, and a section of code which uses a continue statement can always be rewritten to omit the continue.

The continue statement can be used to skip the rest of the body of an iterative loop.

Syntax Diagrams

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BNF

continue-statement

::= 'continue' ';'

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EBNF

continue-statement

::= 'continue' ';'

continue

The continue statement can only be used within the body of a while, do, or for statement.

continue

The continue statement skips the remaining statements in the body of the loop, and continues with the next iteration of the loop.

• The continue statement is never necessary; it can always be eliminated by rearranging the code.
• Use of the continue statement violates the rules of structured programming.
• A section of code which uses a continue statement can always be rewritten to omit the continue.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main () {
  unsigned x;

  x = 0;
  while (x < 10) {
    ++x;
    if (x % 2 == 0) {
      continue;
    }
    printf ("%i is an odd number.\n", x);
  }

  return 0;
}

1 is an odd number.
3 is an odd number.
5 is an odd number.
7 is an odd number.
9 is an odd number.