break
will exit the loop completely, continue
will just skip the current iteration.
For example:
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
if (i == 0) {
break;
}
DoSomeThingWith(i);
}
The break
will cause the loop to exit on the first iteration —DoSomeThingWith
will never be executed.
While:
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
if (i == 0) {
continue;
}
DoSomeThingWith(i);
}
Here continue
skips to the next iteration of the for-loop, meaning DoSomeThingWith
will not execute for i == 0
.
But the loop will continue and DoSomeThingWith
will be executed for i == 1
to i == 9
.