Break and Continue in C Program

break Statement 

The break statement ends the loop immediately when it is encountered.

The syntax of break Statement:

break;

The break statement is almost always used with if...else statement inside the loop.

Example :

#include <stdio.h>

void main()

{

    int no;

    for(no=1;no<10;n++)

    {

        if(no==5)

        {

            break;

        }

    printf("%d",no);

}

}

Output: 1 2 3 4

In above program when no = 5 break statement is executed and program control is outside of loop

continue Statement :

The continue statement skips the current iteration of the loop and continues with the next iteration.

The syntax of continue Statement:

continue;

The continue statement is almost always used with if...else statement inside the loop.

Example :

#include <stdio.h>

void main()

{

    int no;

    for(no=1;no<=10;n++)

    {

        if(no==5)

        {

            continue;

        }

        printf(" %d ",no);

    }

}

Output: 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10

In above program when no = 5, continue statement is executed and that iteration is skipped.