Break Statement in C

Prerequisite – Control Statements in C
In C, the “break” statement is used to immediately exit a loop. Here are a couple of examples of using “break” in different loops:

Example-1: Print numbers from 1 to 10 using a “for” loop and “break”

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
    int i;

    for (i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {
        printf("%d ", i);

        if (i == 5) {
            break;
        }
    }

    return 0;
}

Output:

1 2 3 4 5

In this example, the “for” loop is used to print the numbers from 1 to 10. Within the loop, the if statement is used to check if the value of i is equal to 5. If i is equal to 5, the “break” statement is executed, and the loop is exited immediately. As a result, only the numbers from 1 to 5 are printed to the console.

Example-2: Print the first 5 even numbers using a “while” loop and “break”

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
    int i = 1;
    int count = 0;

    while (i <= 10) {
        if (i % 2 == 0) {
            printf("%d ", i);
            count++;
        }

        if (count == 5) {
            break;
        }

        i++;
    }

    return 0;
}

Output:

2 4 6 8 10

In this example, the “while” loop is used to print the first 5 even numbers. The loop runs as long as the value of i is less than or equal to 10. Within the loop, the if statement is used to check if i is even (i.e., if i divided by 2 has a remainder of 0). If i is even, the number is printed to the console and the variable count is incremented. If count reaches 5, the “break” statement is executed, and the loop is exited immediately.

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