Often, when working with loops, one reaches a point where they need to skip the remaining body of the loop for one iteration.  In such a situation, the `continue` statement comes in handy.

The **`continue` statement** breaks a single iteration of a loop (if a certain event takes place) and continues execution from the next iteration in the loop. This is explained in the diagram below:


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# Example

In this shot, we will look at the `continue` statement in the context of a while loop. Below, the code snippet demonstrates how the `continue` statement works in Python, C++, and Java. Notice how all multiples of 3 are not printed due to the use of the `continue` statement.

number = 0
while number < 10:
    number = number + 1
    if number % 3 == 0:
        continue
    print(number)

Python

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main() {
  int number = 0;
  while (number < 10){
    number++;
    if (number % 3 == 0){
      continue;
    }
    cout << number << endl;
  }
  return 0;
}

class Continue {
    public static void main( String args[] ) {
        int number = 0;
        while (number < 10){
            number++;
            if (number % 3 == 0){
                continue;
            }
            System.out.println(number);
        }
    }
}

Java

What is continue in a while loop?

Skips current loop iteration upon condition's trigger, proceeding with the next one.