• This statement is used with switch statement.
• Can also be used with while loop, do – while loop and for loop.
• When the control encounters a break statement, the control will terminate the loop immediately and the statements after break will not be executed.

Syntax

Sample Code

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
  
    int i = 0 , j = 0;
  
    // Iterate a loop over the
    // range [0, 5]
     for(int i = 0 ; i < 5 ; i ++)
    {
          printf(“i = %d, j = “, i);
  
        // Iterate a loop over the
        // range [0, 5]
        for(int j = 0 ; j < 5 ; J ++){
  
            // Usage of Break statement
             If ( j == 2)
            
                break;
             printf(“%d “, j);
                    }
  
        printf("\n");
    }
  
    return 0;
}

Output

Continue

• This statement is used to bring the control to the beginning of the loop.
• The continue statement skips some lines of code inside the loop and continues with the next iteration.
• It is mainly used in a program for skiiping certain condition.
• This statement does not exit from the loop of the body.
• It is not used to exit from the loop body.
• Continue statement is not used with switch statement.
• It can be used only with while, do while and for loop.
• When the control encounters continue statement,control automatically executes the remaining statements of the loop body.

Syntax

Sample Code

#include <stdio.h>
  
// Driver Code
int main()
{
      Int i = 0 , j = 0 ;
  
    // Iterate the loop over the range[0,5]
    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
         printf(“i = %d, j = “, i);
        // Iterate the loop over the range[0,5]
        For(int j = 0; j < 5 ; j++){  
         // Usage of Continue Statement
            if (j == 2)
                continue;
              printf("%d ", j);
        }
            printf(“\n”);
            }
  
    return 0;
}

Output

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Break

• The break statement is used inside the for loop, foreach loop, while loop and do-while loop and then switch case statement.
• Inside a loop the break statement encountered then it immediately terminated the loop statement and transferred the control to the next statement, followed by a loop to resume the execution.
• In nested loop statement it is also used, where it breaks the inner loop first and then proceed to break the outer loop.
• In program it is also used in the switch case statement to terminate a particular case’s execution.
• A break statement is placed inside the loop with a condition and then if the condition is true, a break statement is immediately executed to break the execution of the loop and to move the control to the next statement followed by the loop.

Sample Code

<?php    

// defines the for loop   

for ($a = 0; $a < 10; $a++) {  

  if ($a == 7) {  

    break; /* Break the loop when condition is true. */  

  }  

  echo "Number: $a <br>";  

}  

echo " Terminate the loop at $a number";  

?>  

Output

Continue

• It is used in the middle of for loop, while loop, do-while loop and for-each loop.
• In a loop the continue statement is encountered then it skips the current iteration of the loop.
• A continue statement is usually used with a condition inside a loop and then if the condition is true, the continue statement is executed to skip the iteration.
• It transfers the control to the beginning of the loop for further execution inside the loop, after that.

Sample Code

<?php    

// defines the for loop   

for ($a = 0; $a < 7; $a++) {  

  if ($a == 5) {  

  echo " Skipped number is $a <br>"; // prints the skipped number.  

    continue; /* It skips the defined statement if the condition is true. */  

  

  }  

  echo "Number is: $a <br>";  

}  

?>

 Output