Statements
JavaScript applications consist of statements with an appropriate syntax. A single statement may span multiple lines. Multiple statements may occur on a single line if each statement is separated by a semicolon. This isn't a keyword, but a group of keywords.
Statements and declarations by category
For an alphabetical listing see the sidebar on the left.
Control flow
Block
- A block statement is used to group zero or more statements. The block is delimited by a pair of curly brackets.
break
- Terminates the current loop, switch, or label statement and transfers program control to the statement following the terminated statement.
continue
- 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.
Empty
- An empty statement is used to provide no statement, although the JavaScript syntax would expect one.
if...else
- Executes a statement if a specified condition is true. If the condition is false, another statement can be executed.
switch
- Evaluates an expression, matching the expression's value to a case clause, and executes statements associated with that case.
throw
- Throws a user-defined exception.
try...catch
- Marks a block of statements to try, and specifies a response, should an exception be thrown.
Declarations
var
- Declares a variable, optionally initializing it to a value.
Functions and classes
function
- Declares a function with the specified parameters.
return
- Specifies the value to be returned by a function.
Iterations
do...while
- Creates a loop that executes a specified statement until the test condition evaluates to false. The condition is evaluated after executing the statement, resulting in the specified statement executing at least once.
for
- Creates a loop that consists of three optional expressions, enclosed in parentheses and separated by semicolons, followed by a statement executed in the loop.
for...in
- Iterates over the enumerable properties of an object, in arbitrary order. For each distinct property, statements can be executed.
for...of
- Iterates over iterable objects (including arrays, array-like objects, iterators and generators), invoking a custom iteration hook with statements to be executed for the value of each distinct property.
while
- Creates a loop that executes a specified statement as long as the test condition evaluates to true. The condition is evaluated before executing the statement.
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