[CSI] Question about Continue with Iterative Constructs

[Mikhail Nesterenko]

> 
> I had a question about the using continue with iterative
> constructs. in the example from the slides:
> 
> int sum=0;
> for (int i = 0; i < 20; ++i) {
>    int intVar;  cin >> intVar;
>    if(intVar < 0)
>       continue;
>    sum +=i;
> }
> 
> The slides say that once continue is reached, we skip the remaining
> statements, and start a new iteration. Does this mean that if a negative
> integer was entered for intVar, we would skip the increment sum statement
> and begin a new iteration in which we will only increment sum with the
> input of a positive integer for intVar?

That is correct. continue, in this case, skips

     sum +=i; // it is not an increment, it is a compound addition
     
And proceeds with the next iteration, considering the next input.

Thanks,
--
Mikhail