labeled-statement-javascript.md

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Labeled Statement (JavaScript) | Microsoft Docs		01/18/2017	windows-client-threshold			devlang-javascript		language-reference	labeled_JavaScriptKeyword	JavaScript TypeScript DHTML	continue statement labeled statement identifiers, statements	019f898e-9e27-4be4-a22f-c5927c7fcae2	19	mikejo5000	mikejo	ghogen

Labeled Statement (JavaScript)

Provides an identifier for a statement.

Syntax

  
      label :  
   statements   

Parameters

label
Required. A unique identifier used when referring to the labeled statement.

statements
Optional. One or more statements associated with label.

Remarks

Labels are used by the break and continue statements to specify the statement to which the break and continue apply.

Example

In the following code, the continue statement refers to the for loop that is preceded by the Inner: statement. When j is 24, the continue statement causes that for loop to go to the next iteration. The numbers 21 through 23 and 25 through 30 print on each line.

Outer:  
for (i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {  
   document.write ("<br />");  
   document.write ("i: " + i);  
   document.write (" j: ");  
  
Inner:  
   for (j = 21; j <= 30; j++) {  
      if (j == 24)  
          {  
          continue Inner;  
      }  
      document.write (j + " ");  
  }  
}  

Requirements

[!INCLUDEjsv3]

See Also

break Statement
continue Statement