C++ break statement

break statement

A break statement is a jump statement which terminates the execution of loop and the control is transferred to resume normal execution after the body of the loop. The following Figure. shows the working of break statement with looping statements;

Illustration 10.19 C++ program to count N numbers using break statement

#include <iostream>

Using namespace std;

int main ()

{

int count = 0;

do

{

cout<< "Count : " << count <<endl;

count++;

if( count > 5)

{

      break;

}

}while( count < 20 );

return 0;

}

Output

Count : 0

Count : 1

Count : 2

Count : 3

Count : 4

Count : 5

In the above example, while condition specified the loop will iterate 20 times but, as soon as the count reaches 5, the loop is terminated, because of the break statement.