Break & Continue

Break & Continue

The break and continue statements control the flow inside loops.

break

break stops the loop completely and jumps to the code after it:

for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
  if (i == 4)
  {
    break;
  }
  Console.WriteLine(i);
}

This prints 0 1 2 3 then stops when i is 4.

continue

continue skips the rest of the current loop pass and moves to the next one:

for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
  if (i == 4)
  {
    continue;
  }
  Console.WriteLine(i);
}

This prints all numbers from 0 to 9 except 4 - it skips only that one pass.

break vs continue

• break - exits the loop entirely.
• continue - skips one iteration, keeps looping.

Also in switch

You've seen break in switch statements too - it ends the case block.

TL;DR

• break stops the whole loop.
• continue skips just the current iteration.
• Both are often combined with if conditions.