SHIP:Sail:Flow Control:break

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break

Causes execution to exit from a loop or switch statement branch.

Statement	Description
break	Causes immediate termination out of a loop or switch block.

Example

a = 10;
while(a)
{
   if(a == 5)
      break;
   printf("%d,", a);
   a -= 1;
}

Prints: 10,9,8,7,6

or

switch(a)
{
   case 1:
      printf("1");
   case 2:
      printf("2");
   case 3:
      printf("3");
      break;
   case 4:
      printf("4");
   default;
}

Prints: a = 1 ->123, a = 2 ->23, a = 3 ->3, a = 4 ->4