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# continue Statement (C)

The **`continue`** statement passes control to the next iteration of the nearest enclosing **`do`**, **`for`**, or **`while`** statement in which it appears, bypassing any remaining statements in the **`do`**, **`for`**, or **`while`** statement body.

## Syntax

*jump-statement*:<br/>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**continue ;**

The next iteration of a **`do`**, **`for`**, or **`while`** statement is determined as follows:

- Within a **`do`** or a **`while`** statement, the next iteration starts by reevaluating the expression of the **`do`** or **`while`** statement.

- A **`continue`** statement in a **`for`** statement causes the loop expression of the **`for`** statement to be evaluated. Then the compiler reevaluates the conditional expression and, depending on the result, either terminates or iterates the statement body. See [The for Statement](../c-language/for-statement-c.md) for more information on the **`for`** statement and its nonterminals.

This is an example of the **`continue`** statement:

```C
while ( i-- > 0 )
{
    x = f( i );
    if ( x == 1 )
        continue;
    y += x * x;
}
```

In this example, the statement body is executed while `i` is greater than 0. First `f(i)` is assigned to `x`; then, if `x` is equal to 1, the **`continue`** statement is executed. The rest of the statements in the body are ignored, and execution resumes at the top of the loop with the evaluation of the loop's test.

## See also

[continue Statement](../cpp/continue-statement-cpp.md)