what is the use of continue statment in python code example

Example 1: python continue

for i in range(10):
  if i == 3: # skips if i is 3
    continue
  print(i)

Example 2: python while continue

## When the program execution reaches a continue statement, 
## the program execution immediately jumps back to the start 
## of the loop.
while True:
    print('Who are you?')
    name = input()
    if name != 'Joe':
        continue
    print('Hello, Joe. What is the password? (It is a fish.)')
    password = input()
    if password == 'swordfish':
        break
print('Access granted.')