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Computer Science · Ch 6 — Flow of Control

Break and Continue Statement

6.5

Break and Continue Statement

Looping constructs let a programmer repeat tasks efficiently — but sometimes the normal round-and-round flow of a loop needs to be interrupted. Two situations arise when a particular condition occurs mid-loop:

  • We may want to exit the loop altogether — come out of it forever — even though its condition is still true.
  • We may want to skip the remaining statements of the current pass and move on within the loop. …