Programming Fundamentals
C++ break & continue Statement
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C++ break and continue Statement
• In C++, there are two statements break; and continue; specifically to alter the
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normal flow of a program.
• Sometimes, it is desirable to skip the execution of a loop for a certain test
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condition or terminate it immediately without checking the condition.
For example:
• You want to loop through data of all aged people except people aged 65. Or,
you want to find the first person aged 20. In scenarios like these, continue; or
a break; statement is used.
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C++ break Statement
The break; statement terminates a loop (for, while and do..while loop) and
a switch statement immediately when it appears.
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Syntax of break
break;
In real practice, break statement is almost always used inside the body of
conditional statement (if...else) inside the loop.
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How break statement works?
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Example 1: C++ break
C++ program to add all number entered by user until user enters 0.
#include <iostream> else
using namespace std; {
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int main() { // terminates the loop if number equals 0.0
float number, sum = 0.0; break;
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// test expression is always true }
while (true) }
{ cout << "Sum = " << sum;
cout << "Enter a number: "; return 0;
cin >> number; }
if (number != 0.0)
{
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sum += number;
}
Output
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Enter a number: 4
Enter a number: 3.4
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Enter a number: 6.7
Enter a number: -4.5
Enter a number: 0
Sum = 9.6
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Description
o In the above program, the test expression is always true.
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o The user is asked to enter a number which is stored in the
variable number. If the user enters any number other than 0, the
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number is added to sum and stored to it.
o Again, the user is asked to enter another number. When user
enters 0, the test expression inside if statement is false and body
of else is executed which terminates the loop.
o Finally, the sum is displayed.
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C++ continue statement
It is sometimes necessary to skip a certain test condition within a loop. In such
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case, continue; statement is used in C++ programming.
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Syntax of continue
continue;
In practice, continue; statement is almost always used inside a conditional
statement.
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Working of continue Statement
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Example 2: C++ continue
C++ program to display integer from 1 to 10 except 6 and 9.
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
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int main()
{
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for (int i = 1; i <= 10; ++i)
{
if ( i == 6 || i == 9)
{
continue;
}
cout << i << "\t";
}
return 0;
} 10
Output
1 2 3 4 5 7 8 10
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In above program, when i is 6 or 9, execution of statement
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cout << i << "\t";
is skipped inside the loop using continue; statement.
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