Question

Lets take the below code snippet:

int i = 0;
while ( i <= 10 )
{
    System.out.println(i);
    if ( i == 8 )
    {
        continue;
    }
    i++;
}

What changes do I have to make in the code to avoid infinite loop?

Answer 1

Do your increment at the beginning instead of at the end:

int i = -1;
while ( i <= 10 )
{
    i++;
    System.out.println(i);
    if ( i == 8 )
    {
        continue;
    }

    // Presumably there would be some code here, or this doesn't really make much sense
}

Or, depending on the language, you could do it right in the while statement (keeping in mind operator precedence in whether you choose i++ or ++i)

int i = 0
while ( i++ <= 10 )
{
    System.out.println(i);
    if ( i == 8 )
    {
        continue;
    }

    // Presumably there would be some code here, or this doesn't really make much sense
}

I would question the use of a while loop for this kind of structure though. If you want to use a counter in a loop, a for loop is typically more appropriate.