The break statement has two uses. You can use it to terminate a case in the switch statement. You can also use it to force immediate termination of a loop, bypassing the normal loop conditional test. When the break statement is encountered inside a loop, the loop is immediately terminated, and program control resumes at the next statement following the loop. For example,
#include <stdio.h>
void main ()
{
int a = 0 ;
while( a < 100 )
{
printf("value of a: %d\n", a);
a++;
if( a == 50 )
{
break;
}
}
}
value of a: 10
value of a: 11
value of a: 12
value of a: 13
value of a: 14
value of a: 15
value of a: 16
Press any key to continue . . .
This will print 10 to 16 after that break will terminate the loop. When the break statement is encountered inside a loop, the loop is immediately terminated, and program control resumes at the next statement following the loop.
First understand the algorithm carefully. Then study the program line-by-line and compare it with the output. Finally, review the explanation section to strengthen your logic and programming understanding.
Rewrite the program without looking at the code. Modify values, conditions or logic and run it again. This helps improve confidence and strengthens coding skills much faster.