YouTipGo Continue Statement
# Go Language continue Statement
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The continue statement in Go is somewhat similar to the break statement. However, continue does not exit the loop; instead, it skips the current iteration and proceeds to the next iteration of the loop.
In a for loop, executing the continue statement triggers the execution of the for increment statement.
In nested loops, you can use a label to specify which loop you want to continue.
### Syntax
The syntax for continue is as follows:
continue;
The flowchart for the continue statement is shown below:
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### Example
Skip the current loop iteration and proceed to the next when variable a equals 15:
## Example
package main
import"fmt"
func main(){
/* Define local variables */
var a int=10
/* for loop */
for a <20{
if a ==15{
/* Skip this iteration */
a = a +1;
continue;
}
fmt.Printf("The value of a is: %dn", a);
a++;
}
}
The execution result of the above example is:
The value of a is: 10 The value of a is: 11 The value of a is: 12 The value of a is: 13 The value of a is: 14 The value of a is: 16 The value of a is: 17 The value of a is: 18 The value of a is: 19
The following example demonstrates the difference between using a label and not using one in nested loops:
## Example
package main
import"fmt"
func main(){
// Without label
fmt.Println("---- continue ---- ")
for i:=1;i<=3;i++{
fmt.Printf("i: %dn",i)
for i2 :=11; i2 <=13; i2++{
fmt.Printf("i2: %dn", i2)
continue
}
}
// With label
fmt.Println("---- continue label ----")
re:
for i:=1;i<=3;i++{
fmt.Printf("i: %dn",i)
for i2 :=11; i2 <=13; i2++{
fmt.Printf("i2: %dn", i2)
continue re
}
}
}
The execution result of the above example is:
---- continue ---- i: 1 i2: 11 i2: 12 i2: 13 i: 2 i2: 11 i2: 12 i2: 13 i: 3 i2: 11 i2: 12 i2: 13---- continue label ---- i: 1 i2: 11 i: 2 i2: 11 i: 3 i2: 11
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