Loop Construct – Continue

The continue statement is a control flow statement in programming languages that allows you to skip the current iteration of a loop and move on to the next iteration, without executing the rest of the code inside the loop for the current iteration.

The continue statement is commonly used inside loops that iterate over a sequence of values, such as the for and while loops. When the continue statement is encountered inside a loop, the program skips the remaining statements in the loop block for the current iteration, and jumps directly to the next iteration of the loop.

Here is an example of using the continue statement in Python to print only the odd numbers from a list of integers:

numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]for num in numbers:
if num % 2 == 0:
continue
print(num)

In this example, the for loop iterates over each element in the numbers list, and the if statement checks if the current element is even (divisible by 2). If the element is even, the continue statement is executed, and the program skips the remaining statements in the loop block and moves on to the next iteration. If the element is odd, the print statement inside the loop block is executed, and the odd number is printed to the console.

The continue statement can be useful for skipping over certain values or conditions in a loop, and for simplifying complex loop logic. However, it should be used judiciously, as excessive use of continue statements can make the code harder to read and understand.