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While Loop with Continue

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The continue statement is used to skip the current iteration of a loop and move directly to the next iteration.
When Python encounters continue:
  • The remaining code inside the loop is skipped
  • Control goes back to the loop condition

Basic Syntax of continue in while Loop

  • continue is written inside the loop
  • It does not stop the loop
  • It skips only the current iteration

Simple Example of while with continue

  • When i is 3, print is skipped
  • Loop continues with next value
Output:
1 2 4 5

continue with Even Numbers

  • Odd numbers are skipped
  • Only even numbers are printed

continue with User Input

  • 0 is skipped
  • Negative number stops the loop

continue with String Input

  • Empty input is skipped
  • Loop continues until "exit"

continue with Condition Logic

continue vs Normal Execution

Without continue

With continue

Common Mistake with continue

Caution

This creates an infinite loop because i is not updated before continue.

Correct Way to Use continue

continue inside Nested Conditions

Real World Example

Real World Scenario

Skipping invalid inputs and continuing program execution

Exercise

Practice Task
  1. Print numbers from 1 to 10 but skip 5
  2. Skip even numbers and print only odd numbers
  3. Ignore empty user input using continue
  4. Use continue correctly without creating infinite loop