no-continue

Disallow continue statements

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. When used incorrectly it makes code less testable, less readable and less maintainable. Structured control flow statements such as if should be used instead.

var sum = 0,
    i;

for(i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    if(i >= 5) {
        continue;
    }

    sum += i;
}
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Rule Details

This rule disallows continue statements.

Examples of incorrect code for this rule:

/*eslint no-continue: "error"*/

var sum = 0,
    i;

for(i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    if(i >= 5) {
        continue;
    }

    sum += i;
}
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/*eslint no-continue: "error"*/

var sum = 0,
    i;

labeledLoop: for(i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    if(i >= 5) {
        continue labeledLoop;
    }

    sum += i;
}
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Examples of correct code for this rule:

/*eslint no-continue: "error"*/

var sum = 0,
    i;

for(i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    if(i < 5) {
       sum += i;
    }
}
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Compatibility

• JSLint: continue

Version

This rule was introduced in ESLint v0.19.0.

Resources

• Rule source
• Tests source