Introduction
The continue statement terminates execution of the statements in the current iteration of the current or labeled loop, and continues execution of the loop with the next iteration.
continue;
If the continue statement is used in a labeled statement, the syntax is as follows:
continue labelName;
In contrast to the break statement, continue does not terminate the execution of the loop entirely; instead:
- In a
whileloop, it jumps back to the condition. - In a
forloop, it jumps to the update expression.
Examples
The following example shows a while loop that has a continue statement that executes when the value of i is 3. Thus, n takes on the values 1, 3, 7, and 12.
var i = 0;
var n = 0;
while (i < 5) {
i++;
if (i === 3) {
continue;
}
n += i;
console.log (n);
}
In the following example, a loop iterates from 1 through 9. The statements between continue and the end of the for body are skipped because of the use of the continue statement together with the expression (i < 5) .
for (var i = 1; i < 10; i++) {
if (i < 5) {
continue;
}
console.log (i);
}