Control Transfer Statements in Swift Loops

In Swift, there are two control transfer statements that allow you to manage the flow of execution within a loop: continue and break.

The continue statement is used to stop the current iteration and move on to the next iteration of the loop. This can be useful when you want to skip specific items or conditions within the loop.

On the other hand, the break statement is used to exit the loop entirely, without executing any further iterations. This is often used when you have found the desired result or need to terminate the loop early.

Let’s take a look at an example to better understand how these statements work:

let list = ["a", "b", "c"]
for item in list {
    if item == "b" {
        break
    }
    // Perform some operations on each item
}

In this example, we have a loop that iterates over the elements in the list array. If the current item is equal to “b”, the break statement will be executed, and the loop will be terminated. This means that the loop will only process the first item, “a”, and the remaining items, “b” and “c”, will be ignored.

By using control transfer statements like continue and break, you have more control over the execution flow within your loops in Swift.

Tags: Swift, Loops, Control Transfer Statements