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JavaScript: continue statement

Description

The continue statement is used to restart a do-while, while, for, or label statement.

Syntax

continue [label]

Parameters

label: Identifier associated with the label of the statement. The parameter is required if the statement is not a loop or switch.

Example:

In the following web document, continue statement is used to get the odd numbers between two numbers.

HTML Code

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8>
<title>JavaScript continue statement : Example-1</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="example.css">
</head>
<body>
<h1>JavaScript : continue statement</h1>
<p id="result">Output will be displayed here.</p>
<p id="result1"></p>
<script src="continue-statement-example1.js"></script></body>
</html>

JS Code

.
var newParagraph = document.createElement("p");
var newText = document.createTextNode('List of odd numbers between 1 to 10 are');
newParagraph.appendChild(newText);
document.body.appendChild(newParagraph);
var z = 0;
var y = 0;
for(y=1; y<=10; y++)
{
if(y%2===0)
{
continue;
}
var newParagraph1 = document.createElement("p");
var newText1 = document.createTextNode(y);
newParagraph1.appendChild(newText1);
document.body.appendChild(newParagraph1);
}

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