continue-statement-cpp.md

title	continue Statement (C++) | Microsoft Docs
ms.custom
ms.date	11/04/2016
ms.reviewer
ms.suite
ms.technology	devlang-cpp
ms.tgt_pltfrm
ms.topic	language-reference
f1_keywords	continue continue_cpp
dev_langs	C++
helpviewer_keywords	continue keyword [C++]
ms.assetid	3c94ee57-f732-4c1d-8537-d0ce5382bfd4
caps.latest.revision	12
author	mikeblome
ms.author	mblome
manager	ghogen
translation.priority.ht	cs-cz de-de es-es fr-fr it-it ja-jp ko-kr pl-pl pt-br ru-ru tr-tr zh-cn zh-tw
translationtype	Human Translation
ms.sourcegitcommit	3168772cbb7e8127523bc2fc2da5cc9b4f59beb8
ms.openlocfilehash	d0055820abbdf9834186782a2840b8b92734bb70

continue Statement (C++)

Forces transfer of control to the controlling expression of the smallest enclosing do, for, or while loop.

Syntax

continue;  

Remarks

Any remaining statements in the current iteration are not executed. The next iteration of the loop is determined as follows:

• In a do or while loop, the next iteration starts by reevaluating the controlling expression of the do or while statement.

• In a for loop (using the syntax for(init-expr; cond-expr; loop-expr)), the loop-expr clause is executed. Then the cond-expr clause is reevaluated and, depending on the result, the loop either ends or another iteration occurs.

The following example shows how the continue statement can be used to bypass sections of code and begin the next iteration of a loop.

Example

// continue_statement.cpp  
#include <stdio.h>  
int main()  
{  
    int i = 0;  
    do  
    {  
        i++;  
        printf_s("before the continue\n");  
        continue;  
        printf("after the continue, should never print\n");  
     } while (i < 3);  
  
     printf_s("after the do loop\n");  
}  

before the continue  
before the continue  
before the continue  
after the do loop  

See Also

Jump Statements
Keywords