You are already familiar with the `break` statement. We used it to go out of the `switch` statement. You can use the `break` to go out of the loop (break it). The following code goes out of the loop when `x` is equal to `3`:

for (int x = 1; x < 5; x++) {
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;    cout << x << endl;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;    if (x == 3) {
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        break;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;    }
}

The program stopped the execution of the code block in the loop, since we add the `break` statement with the condition of the stop.

There is another way to skip some code. The statement `continue` breaks one iteration in the loop, if there is a special condition, and continues with the next iteration. For example:

for (int x = 1; x < 5; x++) {
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;    if (x == 3) {
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;        continue;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;    }
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;    cout << x << endl;
}

We skip here the iteration when `x` is equal to `3`.

> Be careful with Break/Continue statements since they can skip the important part of code ruining your program.

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