C Break and Continue
Break
You have already seen the break statement used in an earlier chapter of this tutorial. It was used to "jump out" of a switch statement.
The break statement can also be used to jump out of a
loop.
This example jumps out of the for loop when i is equal to 4:
Example
int i;
for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
if (i == 4) {
break;
}
printf("%d\n", i);
}
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Continue
The continue statement breaks one iteration (in the loop), if a specified condition occurs, and continues with the next iteration in the loop.
This example skips the value of 4:
Example
int i;
for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
if (i == 4) {
continue;
}
printf("%d\n", i);
}
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Break and Continue in While Loop
You can also use break and continue in while loops:
Break Example
int i = 0;
while (i < 10) {
if (i == 4) {
break;
}
printf("%d\n", i);
i++;
}
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Continue Example
int i = 0;
while (i < 10) {
if (i == 4) {
i++;
continue;
}
printf("%d\n", i);
i++;
}
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