continue statement in for loop

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Program:

<span class="com">#include</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="str">&lt;stdio.h&gt;</span><span class="pln">
</span><span class="kwd">void</span><span class="pln"> main </span><span class="pun">()</span><span class="pln">
</span><span class="pun">{</span><span class="pln"> 
</span><span class="kwd">int</span><span class="pln"> a </span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="pln">  </span><span class="lit">1</span><span class="pun">;</span><span class="pln"> 
 
</span><span class="kwd">while</span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="pln"> a </span><span class="pun">&lt;=</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="lit">10</span><span class="pun">){</span><span class="pln"> 
	 	
 	</span><span class="kwd">if</span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="pln">a </span><span class="pun">==</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="lit">5</span><span class="pun">){</span><span class="pln"> 
 	  a</span><span class="pun">++;</span><span class="pln">
      </span><span class="kwd">continue</span><span class="pun">;</span><span class="pln">
	 </span><span class="pun">}</span><span class="pln"> 

 printf</span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="str">"value of a: %d\n"</span><span class="pun">,</span><span class="pln"> a</span><span class="pun">);</span><span class="pln">	
 a</span><span class="pun">++;</span><span class="pln"> 	  
</span><span class="pun">}</span><span class="pln"> 
 
</span><span class="pun">}</span>

Output:

value of a: 1
value of a: 2
value of a: 3
value of a: 4
value of a: 6
value of a: 7
value of a: 8
value of a: 9
value of a: 10
Press any key to continue . . .

Explanation:

when the value of a reaches to 5 then its continue, for that 5 is not printed.

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