The syntax of the continue statement

continue;

How to code continue statements

• To skip the rest of the statements in the current loop and jump to the top of the current loop, you can use the continue statement.

A continue statement that jumps to the beginning of a loop

for (int j = 1; j < 10; j++)
{
    int number = (int) (Math.random() * 10);
    System.out.println(number);
    if (number <= 7)
        continue;
    System.out.println("This number is greater than 7");
}

The syntax of the labeled continue statement

continue labelName;

The structure of the labeled continue statement

labelName:
loop declaration
{
    statements
    another loop declaration
    {
        statements
        if (conditionalExpression)
        {
            statements
            continue labelName;
        }
    }
}

A labeled continue statement that jumps to the beginning of the outer loop

outerLoop:
for(int i = 1; i < 20; i++)
{
    for(int j = 2; j < i-1; j++)
    {
        int remainder = i%j;
        if (remainder == 0)
            continue outerLoop;
    }
    System.out.println(i);
}