The continue statement terminates execution of the statements in the current iteration of the current or labeled loop, and continues execution of the loop with the next iteration.

continue;

If the continue statement is used in a labeled statement, the syntax is as follows:

continue labelName;

In contrast to the break statement, continue does not terminate the execution of the loop entirely; instead:

• In a while loop, it jumps back to the condition.
• In a for loop, it jumps to the update expression.

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The following example shows a 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.

var i = 0;
var n = 0;

while (i < 5) {
  i++;

  if (i === 3) {
    continue;
  }

  n += i;
  console.log (n);
}

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In the following example, a loop iterates from 1 through 9. The statements between continue and the end of the for body are skipped because of the use of the continue statement together with the expression (i < 5).

for (var i = 1; i < 10; i++) {
    if (i < 5) {
        continue;
    }
    console.log (i);
}

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