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Description

Break statement terminates the current execution of loop(block) like while, do-while, for loop etc. and passes the execution control to the next statement after the loop.

Source code

1. //Using break statement
2. #include <stdio.h>
3. void main()
4. {
5. int a;
6. while(1)
7. {
8. printf("\n\nEnter 1 to break the loop : ");
9. scanf("%d",&a);
10. if(a==1)
11. break;
12. else
13. printf("Didn't break the while loop");
14. }
15. printf("\nWhile loop terminated");
16. }

Program working steps

• Comment, declaration of preprocessor directive and void main function at the start.
• Variable int a is declared, while(1) statement is a repetative loop it will terminate only when break statement is executed.
• Programs asks the user to enter 1 to break the loop, if user enters 1 it will break the while loop printing 'While loop terminated'. Else, if user enters any other integer value the loop will be repeated, printing 'Didn't break the while loop'.