continue statement

The continue command forces a moving to the next loop iteration.

Syntax

continue;

Example

Let's say we have an array of numbers. Let's iterate over it and the numbers that are divisible by 2 will be squared and output to the console, and the numbers that are divisible by 3 will be cubed and output to the console:

let arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9];

for (let elem of arr) {
	let res;
	
	if (elem % 2 == 0) {
		res = elem * elem;
	} else if (elem % 3 == 0) {
		res = elem * elem * elem;
	} else {
		continue; // we move onto a new loop iteration
	}
	
	console.log(res); // executed if divisible by 2 or 3
}

continue statement

Syntax

Example

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