{"id":10217,"date":"2024-03-14T11:44:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T11:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-is-the-break-statement-used-in-the-c-language\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T20:44:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T20:44:26","slug":"how-is-the-break-statement-used-in-the-c-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-is-the-break-statement-used-in-the-c-language\/","title":{"rendered":"C Break Statement: Usage and Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In C language, the keyword &#8220;break&#8221; is used to interrupt a loop or switch statement, causing the program to jump out of the current loop or switch statement&#8217;s execution. When the break statement is executed, the program will immediately exit the current loop or switch statement and continue executing the code following the loop or switch statement. 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For example:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-meta\">#<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">include<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">&lt;stdio.h&gt;<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">main<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">()<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> i;\r\n    \r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">for<\/span> (i = <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>; i &lt; <span class=\"hljs-number\">10<\/span>; i++) {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span> (i == <span class=\"hljs-number\">5<\/span>) {\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">break<\/span>;\r\n        }\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">printf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%d\\n\"<\/span>, i);\r\n    }\r\n    \r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>;\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the break statement will be executed when i equals 5, causing the program to exit the loop and output the result:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>0\r\n1\r\n2\r\n3\r\n4\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In C language, the keyword &#8220;break&#8221; is used to interrupt a loop or switch statement, causing the program to jump out of the current loop or switch statement&#8217;s execution. 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