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Continue and break Statement

break Statement​

The break statement is used to exit from loop early.

Example

var x = 1;
while (x <= 10) {
  console.log(x);
  x++;
  if (x == 6) break;
}

In this example break is used inside the if statement. When value of x become 6 loop breaks.

continue Statement​

The continue statement is used to immediately start next iteration by skipping current iteration of the loop.

Example

for (var i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {
  if (i === 6) {
    continue;
  }
  console.log(i);
}

The expected output of this example is values from 1 to 10 is printed, except 6 because we set continue statement at i == 6.