JavaScript continue Statement

Examples

The examples we use continue statement in a loop.

Loop code block, the value of i is equal to skip the current cycle "3":

var text = ""
var i;
for (i = 0; i <5; i ++) {
if (i == 3) {
continue;
}
text + = "The number is" + i + "<br>";
}

text output is:

The number is 0
The number is 1
The number is 2
The number is 4

try it"

Bottom of this article contains more examples.

Definition and Usage

continue for skipping a loop iteration and continue with the next iteration of the loop.

continue and break difference statement is, break the end of the whole body of the loop, continue to end single cycle.

However, in the implementation of continue statement, showing two different types of loops:

In the while loop, the condition will first determine if the condition is true, execute the cycle once again.
In the for loop, since growth expression (such as: i ++) will be calculated, and then determine whether a condition is true, then decide whether to perform the iteration.

continue statement can be used in an optional label references.

Note: continue statement (with no label references), it can only be used in loops or switch.

Browser Support

Statements
continue	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

grammar

continue;

Using the optional label references:

continuelabelname;

technical details

JavaScript version:	1.0. JavaScript 1.2 supports an optional label references.

More examples

Examples

The examples we use continue statement in while loop.

Loop code block, the i is equal to skip the current cycle "3":

var text = "";
var i = 0;
while (i <5) {
i ++;
if (i == 3) {
continue;
}
text + = "<br> The number is" + i;
}

text output is:

The number is 1
The number is 2
The number is 4
The number is 5

try it"

Examples

The examples we use continue statement in a for loop.

Loop through the array, in the elements of the array to "Saab" skip the current cycle:

var cars = [ "BMW", "Volvo", "Saab", "Ford"];
var text = ""
var i;
for (i = 0; i <cars.length; i ++) {
if (cars [i] == "Saab") {
continue;
}
text + = cars [i] + "<br>";
}

text output is:

BMW
Volvo
Ford

try it"