Use of continue in java pgm

Use of continue

public class Main 

{

   public static void main(String[] args) 

   {

      StringBuffer searchstr = new StringBuffer("hello how are you. ");

      int length = searchstr.length();

      int count = 0;

      for (int i = 0; i 7lt; length; i++)

        {

         if (searchstr.charAt(i) != 'h')

         continue;

         count++;

         searchstr.setCharAt(i, 'h');

         }

      System.out.println("Found " + count + " h's in the string.");

      System.out.println(searchstr);

   }

}