JavaScript: label statement
Description
Label statement provides an identifier for a statement that lets you refer to it using a break or continue statement.
Syntax
label : statements
Parameters
label: Any JavaScript identifier that is not a reserved word.
statements: Group of statements. "Break" can be used with any labeled statement, and "continue" can be used with looping labeled statements.
Example:
The following web document demonstrates how label statement can be used.
HTML Code
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8>
<title>JavaScript label statement : Example-1</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color: red">JavaScript : label statement</h1>
<script src="label-statement-example1.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
JS Code
labelmark:
for(x=0; x<6; x++)
{
var newParagraph1 = document.createElement("p");
var newText1 = document.createTextNode("The value of x is : " +x);
newParagraph1.appendChild(newText1);
document.body.appendChild(newParagraph1);
if(x==3)
{
break labelmark;
}
}
var newParagraph1 = document.createElement("p");
var newText1 = document.createTextNode("The last value of x is : " +x);
newParagraph1.appendChild(newText1);
document.body.appendChild(newParagraph1);
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