Kotlin Break & Continue

Kotlin Break and Continue

Sometimes, you need to alter the flow of a loop by either exiting it completely or skipping the current iteration. Kotlin provides the break and continue keywords for this.

Kotlin Break

The break statement is used to jump out of a loop entirely.

fun main() {
  var i = 0
  while (i < 10) {
    println(i)
    i++
    if (i == 4) {
      break  // Stops the loop when i is 4
    }
  }
}

Kotlin Continue

The continue statement breaks one iteration (in the loop), if a specified condition occurs, and continues with the next iteration in the loop.

for (i in 0..5) {
  if (i == 3) continue // Skips printing the number 3
  println(i)
}