Examples

Using continue with while

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. 

let i = 0;
let n = 0;

while (i < 5) {
  i++;

  if (i === 3) {
    continue;
  }

  n += i;
}


Using continue with a label

In the following example, a statement labeled checkiandj contains a statement labeled checkj. If continue is encountered, the program continues at the top of the checkj statement. Each time continue is encountered, checkj reiterates until its condition returns false. When false is returned, the remainder of the checkiandj statement is completed.

If continue had a label of checkiandj, the program would continue at the top of the checkiandj statement.

See also label.

let i = 0;
let j = 8;

checkiandj: while (i < 4) {
  console.log(`i: ${i}`);
  i += 1;

  checkj: while (j > 4) {
    console.log(`j: ${j}`);
    j -= 1;

    if ((j % 2) === 0)
      continue checkj;
    console.log(`${j} is odd.`);
  }
  console.log(`i = ${i}`);
  console.log(`j = ${j}`);
}

Output:

i: 0

// start checkj
j: 8
7 is odd.
j: 7
j: 6
5 is odd.
j: 5
// end checkj

i = 1
j = 4

i: 1
i = 2
j = 4

i: 2
i = 3
j = 4

i: 3
i = 4
j = 4