Is using labels in JavaScript bad practice?

Question

I just found out about using label s in JavaScript, such as:

for (var i in team) {
    if(i === \"something\") {
        break doThis: //Goto the label
    }         


        

Answer 1

The labels in JavaScript are used mainly with break, or continue in nested loops to be able to break the outer, or continue the outer loop from the code inside inner loop:

    outer:
    for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    { 
       let k = 5;
       for (let j = 0; j < 10; j++) // inner loop
          if (j > 5) 
               break; // inner 
          else
               continue outer;  // it will go to next iteration of outer loop
    }

If you used continue without 'outer' label, it would go to the next iteration of inner loop. That's why there is a need for labels in Javascript.