break Statement

It is possible to force an immediate exit from a loop by using the break statement. When the break statement is encountered inside a loop, the loop is immediately terminated and the program control resumes at the next statement following the loop.

Example

#include <iostream.h>
main()
{
int x;
for(x=1;x<=100;x++) {
if(x==10) break;
cout << x<<' ';
}
return 0;
}
This program print numbers 1 through 10 on the screen before ending. It will not go to 100 because the break statement will cause it to terminate early.