break vs continue

Overview

break exits the nearest loop or switch. continue skips to the next iteration of the nearest loop.

Side-by-side

Keyword	What it does	Typical use
break	Exit loop/switch immediately	Found target, error condition
continue	Skip rest of current iteration	Filter items, skip invalids

Example

for (var i=0; i<10; i++)
{
  if (i == 7) break;       // stop entirely
  if (i % 2 == 0) continue; // skip evens
  Console.WriteLine(i);
}

Flow diagram

+---------+ +-----------+ +---------+ | start i | ---> | condition | ---> | body | +---------+ +-----------+ +---------+ / \ continue break (next iter) (exit loop)