C break statement
The break is a keyword in C which is used to bring the program control out of the loop. The break statement is used inside loops or switch statement. The break statement breaks the loop one by one, i.e., in the case of nested loops, it breaks the inner loop first and then proceeds to outer loops. The break statement in C can be used in the following two scenarios:
- With switch case
- With loop
Syntax:
Flowchart of break in c
Example
Output
0 1 2 3 4 5 came outside of loop i = 5
Example of C break statement with switch case
Click here to see the example of C break with the switch statement.
C break statement with the nested loop
In such case, it breaks only the inner loop, but not outer loop.
Output
1 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 2 2 3 1 3 2 3 3
As you can see the output on the console, 2 3 is not printed because there is a break statement after printing i==2 and j==2. But 3 1, 3 2 and 3 3 are printed because the break statement is used to break the inner loop only.
break statement with while loop
Consider the following example to use break statement inside while loop.
Output
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 came out of while loop
break statement with do-while loop
Consider the following example to use the break statement with a do-while loop.
Output
2 X 1 = 2 2 X 2 = 4 2 X 3 = 6 2 X 4 = 8 2 X 5 = 10 2 X 6 = 12 2 X 7 = 14 2 X 8 = 16 2 X 9 = 18 2 X 10 = 20 do you want to continue with the table of 3 , enter any non-zero value to continue.1 3 X 1 = 3 3 X 2 = 6 3 X 3 = 9 3 X 4 = 12 3 X 5 = 15 3 X 6 = 18 3 X 7 = 21 3 X 8 = 24 3 X 9 = 27 3 X 10 = 30 do you want to continue with the table of 4 , enter any non-zero value to continue.0