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## Control Keywords

### Breaking Loops

To force a loop to end, use the `break` command. The following code sample shows how to break an infinite `while`—`do` loop.
To force a loop to end, use the `break` keyword. The following code sample shows how to break an infinite `while`—`do` loop.

```lua
local secondsElapsed = 0
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Five seconds elapsed. Time to move on!
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```

### Continuing Loops

To force a loop to iterate and start again, use the `continue` keyword. A `for` loop will iterate the counter; `while` and `repeat`—`until` will check the loop condition before continuing. The following code sample gets all children of an `Class.Instance` of a specific `Class.Instance.ClassName|ClassName`.

```lua
local function GetChildrenOfClass(parent: Instance, className: string): {Instance}
local children = {}
for _, child in parent:GetChildren() do
if child.ClassName ~= className then continue end -- Iterates the loop
table.insert(children, child)
end

return children
end
```
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