continue¶

Description¶

Skips the execution of the code below it and starts a new cycle of the loop.

Syntax¶

loop:: continue
else:: suite
loop: for or while loop.

Remarks¶

The continue statement can only appear in a loop body. It causes the rest of the statement body in the loop to be skipped.

continue may only occur syntactically nested in a for or while loop, but not nested in a function or class definition or finally clause within that loop. It continues with the next cycle of the nearest enclosing loop.

When continue passes control out of a try statement with a finally clause, that finally clause is executed before really starting the next loop cycle.

A continue statement executed in the first suite skips the rest of the suite and continues with the next item, or with the else clause if there was no next item.

Example 1¶

>>> for i in range(5):
...     if i == 3:
...         continue
...     print i
...
0
1
2
4

Example 2¶

>>> i = 0
>>> while i < 5:
...     try:
...         i += 1
...         if i == 3:
...             continue
...         print i
...     finally:
...         print i
...
1
1
2
2
3
4
4
5
5