while or for loop, and continues execution of the loop with the next iteration.
| Implemented in | Navigator 2.0, LiveWire 1.0 |
Syntax
continue
continue label Argument
label | Identifier associated with the label of the statement. |
Description
In contrast to the break statement, continue does not terminate the execution of the loop entirely: instead,
The
continue statement can now include an optional label that allows the program to terminate execution of a labeled statement and continue to the specified labeled statement. This type of continue must be in a looping statement identified by the label used by continue.
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.
i = 0
In the following example, a statement labeled
n = 0
while (i < 5) {
i++
if (i == 3)
continue
n += i
}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. checkiandj reiterates until its condition returns false. When false is returned, the program continues at the statement following checkiandj.
If continue had a label of checkiandj, the program would continue at the top of the checkiandj statement.
checkiandj :
while (i<4) {
document.write(i + "<BR>");
i+=1; checkj :
while (j>4) {
document.write(j + "<BR>");
j-=1;
if ((j%2)==0)
continue checkj;
document.write(j + " is odd.<BR>");
}
document.write("i = " + i + "<br>");
document.write("j = " + j + "<br>");
} See also
labeled
Last Updated: 10/31/97 12:29:59