about_Continue - PowerShell command help and examples

Describes how the Continue statement immediately returns the program flow (about_Continue)

 TOPIC
 
    about_Continue 

 SHORT DESCRIPTION
 
    Describes how the Continue statement immediately returns the program flow 
    to the top of a program loop. 

 LONG DESCRIPTION
 
    In a script, the Continue statement immediately returns the program flow 
    to the top of the innermost loop that is controlled by a For, Foreach, or 
    While statement. 

    The Continue keyword supports labels. A label is a name you assign to a 
    statement in a script. For information about labels, see about_Break. 

    In the following example, program flow returns to the top of the While loop 
    if the $ctr variable is equal to 5. As a result, all the numbers between 1 
    and 10 are displayed except for 5: 

        while ($ctr -lt 10) 
             { 
               $ctr +=1 
               if ($ctr -eq 5) {continue} 
               Write-Host $ctr 
             } 

    Note that in a For loop, execution continues at the first line in the 
    loop. If the arguments of the For statement test a value that is 
    modified by the For statement, an infinite loop may result. 

SEE ALSO 
    about_Comparison_Operators 

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