Since the switch statement has break, and usually we use break to stop the looping process. In my mind break & continue are like brother, usually use inside a loop.

I wonder what if continue inside the switch statement. So I try it out

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for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    switch (i) {
        case 3:
            NSLog(@"skip later"); continue;
            break;
        case 5:
            NSLog(@"with no skip");
            break;
        case 7:
            NSLog(@"skip later"); continue;
            break;
            
        default:
            break;
    }
    NSLog(@"this is %d", i);
}

and I get this output

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this is 0
this is 1
this is 2
skip later
this is 4
with no skip
this is 5
this is 6
skip later
this is 8
this is 9

So you can see here, the continue skip the loop by 1 turn; where as break has totally no effect to the loop, but to switch only