Python continue Keyword

To continue to the next iteration of a loop. Placing this keyword in a loop skips everything after the continue statement in the nearest for or while loop.

Example of a continue in a for loop:

for x in range(5):
    if (x == 3):
        print("We're going to skip 3")
        continue
    print(x)

Output

0
1
2
We're going to skip 3
4

Example of a continue in a while loop:

x = 0
while x < 5:
    if (x == 3):
        x = x + 1 # if we don't increment x, the loop will go forever!
        continue  # skip the rest of the loop
		
    print(x)
    x = x + 1

Output

0
1
2
4

Notes

Notice in the while loop, when x == 3, we still have to increment x, otherwise the while loop will never end!  The for loop increments x for us.