The break and continue
statements in C language are used to alter the normal flow of execution of
program.
Break
statement
- Used with loops and switch statements
- When encountered, it breaks the execution of block in which break statement is used and program execution starts from the first statement flowing the block in which break statement is used.
Example:
#include<stdio.h>
int main(){
int
arr[5]={10,8,9,6,5};
int
i,key=9;
//use
of break statement
for(i=0;i<5;i++){
if(arr[i]==key){
printf("Element
%d found at index %d.\n",key,i);
break;
}
}
return
0;
}
Output:
Continue
statement
- Used with loops.
- Usually used with if statement
- When encountered, it breaks the execution of current iteration and start next iteration.
Example:
#include<stdio.h>
int main(){
int
arr[5]={10,8,9,6,5};
int
i,key=9;
//use
of continue statement
for(i=1;i<=10;i++){
if(i%2==0){
continue;
}
printf("\n%d",i);
}
return
0;
}
Output:
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