---
title: finish()
framework: swift
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: swift/asyncstream/continuation/finish()
---

# finish()

Resume the task awaiting the next iteration point by having it return nil, which signifies the end of the iteration.

## Declaration

```swift
func finish()
```

## Discussion

Discussion Calling this function more than once has no effect. After calling finish, the stream enters a terminal state and doesn’t produce any additional elements.