continue
Baseline
Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
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.
Try it
let text = "";
for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
if (i === 3) {
continue;
}
text += i;
}
console.log(text);
// Expected output: "012456789"
Syntax
continue;
continue label;
labelOptional-
Identifier associated with the label of the statement.
Description
In contrast to the break statement, continue does not terminate the execution of the loop entirely, but instead:
- In a
whileordo...whileloop, it jumps back to the condition. - In a
forloop, it jumps to the update expression. - In a
for...in,for...of, orfor await...ofloop, it jumps to the next iteration.
The continue statement can include an optional label that allows the program to jump to the next iteration of a labeled loop statement instead of the innermost loop. In this case, the continue statement needs to be nested within this labeled statement.
A continue statement, with or without a following label, cannot be used at the top level of a script, module, function's body, or static initialization block, even when the function or class is further contained within a loop.