Break
Part of the Fundamentals section of Coddy's C journey — lesson 40 of 63.
The break statement stops the loop instantly when it's encountered.
For example,
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
if (i == 6) {
break;
}
printf("%d ", i);
}In the following example, the loop iterates regularly until it reaches the number 6. Then the program enters the if statement and executes the break statement. This exits the loop immediately.
The output is:
0 1 2 3 4 5
Challenge
EasyYou are given a code that prints the numbers from 1 to 20 (including).
Your task is to add if and break statements so that only the numbers from 1 to 15 will be printed, the loop will exit before printing the numbers from 16 to 20.
Cheat sheet
The break statement stops the loop instantly when it's encountered.
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
if (i == 6) {
break;
}
printf("%d ", i);
}This loop exits when i equals 6, printing: 0 1 2 3 4 5
Try it yourself
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
for (int i = 1; i <= 20; i++) {
// Add an if statement here before using printf
printf("%d ", i);
}
return 0;
}
Test yourselfThis lesson includes a short quiz. Start the lesson to answer it and track your progress.
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