Why does 'continue' behave like 'break' in a Foreach-Object?

Question

If I do the following in a PowerShell script:

$range = 1..100
ForEach ($_ in $range) {
    if ($_ % 7 -ne 0 ) { continue; }
    Write-Host \"$($_) is a multi         


        

Answer 1

A simple else statement makes it work as in:

1..100 | ForEach-Object {
    if ($_ % 7 -ne 0 ) {
        # Do nothing
    } else {
        Write-Host "$($_) is a multiple of 7"
    }
}

Or in a single pipeline:

1..100 | ForEach-Object { if ($_ % 7 -ne 0 ) {} else {Write-Host "$($_) is a multiple of 7"}}

But a more elegant solution is to invert your test and generate output for only your successes

1..100 | ForEach-Object {if ($_ % 7 -eq 0 ) {Write-Host "$($_) is a multiple of 7"}}