Continue operator

Overview

The continue operator transfers control to the beginning of the next iteration of the nearest enclosing loop (while, do-while, or for). Its functionality is the inverse of the break operator.

Syntax

continue;

Behavior

When encountered within a loop, continue immediately terminates the current iteration.

Execution resumes at the loop's condition check or update expression, proceeding to the next iteration.

Usage

Useful for skipping specific elements or conditions within a loop without exiting the loop entirely.

Example

// Sum of all nonzero elements
int func(int array[]) {
  int array_size = ArraySize(array);
  int sum = 0;
  for (int i = 0; i < array_size; i++) {
    if (array[i] == 0) continue; // Skip if element is zero
    sum += array[i];
  }
  return sum;
}

Related Concepts

[Break Operator](/basis/operators/break): Exits the loop entirely.

[Loop Operators](/basis/operators): while, do-while, for.