What balance after the following code is executed?

Question

```
int balance = 10;

while (balance >= 1) {
if (balance < 9)
continue;
balance = balance - 9;
}
```
A. -1
B. 0
C. 1
D. 2
E. The loop does not end

Answer 1

E. The loop does not end
Before the loop, balance is 10. The loop-continuation-condition is true (10 >= 1). In the first iteration, balance is reduced to 1. Since 1 >= 1 is true, the loop body is executed. Since balance < 9 is true, the continue statement is executed to skip the rest statement in the iteration. balance continues to be 1 and the continue statement is executed to skip the rest statement in the iteration. So the loop runs infinitely. So the correct answer to this question is E.