BREAK AND CONTINUE IN C

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Break And Continue Statements In 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

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