C++ Break and Continue Statement

We will study the break and continue statement and how it functions in loops in this tutorial with the aid of examples.

We will study the break statement and how it functions in loops in this tutorial with the aid of examples.

You can exit a loop by using the break statement.

When i equals 6, this example exits the loop:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main() {
  for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    if (i == 6) {
      break;
    }
    cout << i << "\n";
  } 
  return 0;
}

OUTPUT:
0
1
2
3
4
5

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If one iteration of the loop is broken by the continue statement due to the occurrence of a specified condition, the loop then moves on to the next iteration.

Syntax:

continue;

Continue in a for loop skips the current iteration and jumps to the update expression instead.

// program to print the value of i
//geektocode.com

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main() {
    for (int i = 1; i <= 5; i++) {
        // condition to continue
        if (i == 3) {
            continue;
        }

        cout << i << endl;
    }

    return 0;
}

OUTPUT:
1
2
4
5