continue statement

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

Syntax

javascriptcontinue;

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:

javascriptlet 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
}

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