public class ContinueApp
{
   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
      int merker = 1000;
      int zaehler = merker;

      while (zaehler > 0)
      {
         if (--zaehler %2 ==0)
            continue;

         merker--;
      }
      System.out.println("merker: " + merker);
   }
}