The JavaScript exception "continue must be inside loop" occurs when a continue
statement is not inside a loop statement.
The JavaScript exception "continue must be inside loop" occurs when a continue
statement is not inside a loop statement.
SyntaxError: Illegal continue statement: no surrounding iteration statement (V8-based) SyntaxError: Illegal continue statement: 'label' does not denote an iteration statement (V8-based) SyntaxError: continue must be inside loop (Firefox) SyntaxError: 'continue' is only valid inside a loop statement. (Safari) SyntaxError: Cannot continue to the label 'label' as it is not targeting a loop. (Safari)
continue
statements can be used to continue a loop, and using them elsewhere is a syntax error. Alternatively, you can provide a label to the continue
statement to continue any loop with that label — however, if the label does not reference a containing statement, another error SyntaxError: label not found will be thrown, and if the label references a statement that is not a loop, a syntax error is still thrown.
If you want to proceed with the next iteration in a forEach()
loop, use return
instead, or convert it to a for...of
loop.
array.forEach((value) => { if (value === 5) { continue; // SyntaxError: continue must be inside loop } // do something with value });
array.forEach((value) => { if (value === 5) { return; } // do something with value });
for (const value of array) { if (value === 5) { continue; } // do something with value }
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Errors/Bad_continue