Labeled Statement (Windows Scripting - JScript)

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07/17/2015

Provides an identifier for a statement.

Syntax

label :
   statements

Arguments

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.

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

Version 3

Change History

Date	History	Reason
March 2009	Modified example.	Information enhancement.

March 2009

Modified example.

Information enhancement.