meet it

stops a loop early. skips a turn.

Sometimes you find what you need halfway through a loop. break stops the loop straight away, and C# carries on with the first line after it.

continue is gentler. It skips the rest of this turn only, then the loop moves on to the next one, like skipping a song you do not like.

Both usually sit inside an if, so they only happen when a condition is true.

using System;

for (int song = 1; song <= 5; song++)
{
    if (song == 4)
    {
        break;
    }
    Console.WriteLine($"Playing song {song}");
}
Console.WriteLine("Party over!");

break leaves the loop, while continue stays in it and starts the next turn.

guess first

Skip a song. What will this show?

Guess before you run it. Wrong guesses are how you learn, and nothing is marked.

using System;

for (int song = 1; song <= 4; song++)
{
    if (song == 2)
    {
        continue;
    }
    Console.WriteLine($"Playing song {song}");
}

your turn

Your turn. Ride the lift.

Choose which floor to get off at, from 1 to 10, and type it in the blank. The lift stops there with break.

Your code

output

press run to see what happens

fix it

Cookie 3 is broken, so skip it. But packing stops! Fix it.

Broken code to fix

output

press run to see what happens

Run it. Cookies 4 and 5 never get boxed. Which word stops the whole loop?
break leaves the loop for good. You only want to skip one turn.
Change break to continue on line 7, then press run.

nailed it

you can stop a loop early now. :D

break stops the whole loop straight away.
continue skips one turn and keeps the loop going.
Both usually sit inside an if.

new words in your collection

break
continue

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break stops a loop early. continue skips a turn.

Skip a song. What will this show?

Your turn. Ride the lift.

Cookie 3 is broken, so skip it. But packing stops! Fix it.

you can stop a loop early now. :D

stops a loop early. skips a turn.