Following the flow of nested loops in Java

[Steven_10]

Hello I am studying for the 1Z0-803 (Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE 7 Programmer) exam and I have the hardest time with following the flow of nested loops. On practice tests I do ok on more complex concepts like polymorphism but I miss over half of question with nested loops. For example:

outer:
            for(int i=0; i<3; i++) {
                for(int j=0; j<2; j++) {
                    if(i == j){continue outer;}
                System.out.println("i=" + i + " , j=" + j);
                }   

            }

I know this outputs
i=1 , j=0
i=2 , j=0
i=3 , j=1
I know this from reading the explanation after getting it wrong. What I am not getting is how is j = 0?
I know this is really simple but I keep missing nested loops especial with labels so any help or advice as to how to approach solving these problems while taking the exam would be greatly appreciated.

[JamesCherrill]

No, that's not what it outputs. The actual output is

i=1 , j=0
i=2 , j=0
i=2 , j=1

(all you needed to do is to run it)

Just step through the two loops one step at a time...

i = 0
   j = 0
      i == j, continue outer
i = 1
   j = 0
      print
   j = 1
       i == j, continue outer
i = 2
   j = 0
      print
   j = 1
      print
   j = 2 - exit loop
i = 3 - exit loop