Lesson 09

continue Statement — Skip to Next Iteration

Use Python continue in for and while loops to skip the rest of the current iteration. Filter vowels, skip characters, and keep the loop else block behavior.

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continue statement

continue is a keyword.
continue sends PVM to the top of the loop without executing statements after continue for the current iteration only.
Must be used inside loops.
When continue is used, the else part of the loop still executes if the loop condition eventually becomes false (unlike break).

Syntax — continue in for loop

python

for varname in iterable_object:
    if test_cond:
        continue
    statement_1   # skipped this iteration when continue runs
    statement_2

Syntax — continue in while loop

python

while test_cond:
    if test_cond:
        continue
    statement_1
    statement_2

Example 1 — Skip 'T' in for loop

python

s = "PYTHON"
for ch in s:
    if ch == "T":
        continue
    else:
        print(ch)
else:
    print("for loop---else part")

Example 2 — Skip 'H' and 'Y' in while loop

python

s = "PYTHON"
i = 0
while i < len(s):
    if s[i] == "H" or s[i] == "Y":
        i = i + 1
        continue
    print(s[i])
    i = i + 1
else:
    print("while..else part")

Example 3 — Print consonants only

python

line = input("Enter a Line of Text:")
for ch in line:
    if ch.lower() in ["a", "e", "i", "o", "u"]:
        continue
    else:
        print(ch, end="")

continue vs break

	`break`	`continue`
Loop `else`	Skipped	Still runs if loop ends normally
Current iteration	Stops loop	Skips remaining statements
Next step	Exit loop	Next iteration

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