C continue Statement

The continue statement skips the remaining code of the current round and jumps to the next round of the loop.

Skip even numbers

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void) {
    for (int i = 1; i <= 8; i++) {
        if (i % 2 == 0) {
            continue;   // go to next i
        }
        printf("%d ", i);
    }
    printf("\n");
    return 0;
}

Output:

Add only positive numbers

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void) {
    int data[] = {5, -2, 8, -7, 10};
    int sum = 0;

    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
        if (data[i] < 0) continue;
        sum += data[i];
    }
    printf("Sum of positive = %d\n", sum);
    return 0;
}

Output:

break vs continue

break	continue
Stops the whole loop	Skips only the current round
Control goes after the loop	Control goes to the next round

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