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C++ Break and Continue

C++ Break

You have already seen the break statement used in an earlier chapter of this tutorial. It was used to "jump out" of a switch statement.

The break statement can also be used to jump out of a loop .

This example jumps out of the loop when i is equal to 4:

Example

for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
  if (i == 4) {
    break;
  }
cout << i << "\n";
}

C++ Continue

The continue statement breaks one iteration (in the loop), if a specified condition occurs, and continues with the next iteration in the loop.

This example skips the value of 4:

Example

for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
  if (i == 4) {
    continue;
  }
cout << i << "\n";
}

Break and Continue in While Loop

You can also use break and continue in while loops:

Break Example

int i = 0;
while (i < 10) {
  cout << i << "\n";
  i++;
  if (i == 4) {
    break;
  }
}

Continue Example

int i = 0;
while (i < 10) {
  if (i == 4) {
    i++;
    continue;
  }
cout << i << "\n";
i++;
}

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1. C++ Tutorial2. C++ Introduction3. C++ Getting Started4. C++ Syntax5. C++ Statements6. C++ Output (Print Text)7. C++ Output Numbers8. C++ New Lines9. C++ Comments10. C++ Variables11. C++ Declare Multiple Variables12. C++ Identifiers13. C++ Constants14. C++ User Input15. C++ Data Types16. C++ Numeric Data Types17. C++ Boolean Data Types18. C++ Character Data Types19. C++ String Data Types20. C++ auto21. C++ Operators22. C++ Arithmetic Operators23. C++ Assignment Operators24. C++ Comparison Operators25. C++ Logical Operators26. C++ Operator Precedence27. C++ Strings28. C++ String Concatenation29. C++ Numbers and Strings30. C++ String Length31. C++ Access Strings32. C++ Special Characters33. C++ User Input Strings34. C++ String Namespace35. C++ C-Style Strings36. C++ Math37. C++ Booleans38. C++ Boolean Expressions39. C++ If ... Else40. C++ Else41. C++ Else If42. C++ Short Hand If Else43. C++ Nested If44. C++ Logical Operators in Conditions45. C++ Switch46. C++ While Loop47. C++ Do/While Loop48. C++ For Loop49. C++ Nested Loops50. C++ The foreach Loop51. C++ Break and Continue52. C++ Arrays53. C++ Arrays and Loops54. C++ Omit Array Size55. C++ Array Size56. C++ Multi-Dimensional Arrays57. C++ Structures (struct)58. C++ Enumeration (enum)59. C++ Memory Address60. C++ Pointers61. C++ Dereference62. C++ Modify Pointers63. C++ Memory Management64. C++ new and delete

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