BREAK AND CONTINUE IN C

Break And Continue Statements With C

In C, "break" and "continue" are control statements that are used inside loops to change the normal flow of the loop.

Break Statement:

The "break" is used to exit a loop  Permanently. When the "break" statement is executed with inside a loop, the loop is terminated immediately, and the program continues to the code that comes after the loop can executed.

Program:

#include <stdio.h>
Int main() 
{  
int i;
for(i = 1; i <= 10; i++) 
{ 
if(i == 5) 
{
 break; // terminate the loop when i becomes 5
} 
printf("%d\n", i);
}
return 0;
}

Output:

1
2
3
4

Continue Statement:

A "continue" is used to skip the current iteration of the loop and move on to the next iteration. When the "continue" statement is executed inside a loop, the program can skips any remaining statements in the loop's body and immediately moves on to the next iteration of the loop.

Program:

#include <stdio.h>
int main() 
{
int i;
for(i = 1; i <= 10; i++) 
{
if(i % 2 == 0) 
{
continue; // skip the even numbers
}
printf("%d\n", i);
}
return 0;
}

Output:

1
3
5
7
9