Continue Statement

The continue statement in JavaScript is used to break the iteration of the loop and follow with the next iteration.

Example of continue to print only odd Numbers smaller than 10

for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    if (i % 2 == 0) continue;
    console.log(i);
}

Output:

1
3
5
7
9

How Does Continue Work?

If continue is used in a for loop, the control flow jumps to the test expression after skipping the current iteration.

Continue vs Break

The major difference between the continue and break statement is that the break statement breaks out of the loop completely while continue is used to break one iteration and move to the next.

How does the continue statement work for while loop?

With continue, the current iteration of the loop is skipped, and control flow resumes in the next iteration of the while loop.

Using Continue in While Loop

In the example below, the condition is checked, and if continue is encountered, the next iteration of the loop starts.

let i = 0;
while (i < 11) {
    i++;
    if (i % 2 == 0) continue;
    console.log(i);
}

Output:

1
3
5
7
9
11