break statement

• break causes an immediate exit from the switch
• break also causes exit from while and for:

          int main()
          {
              int x = 0;
              while ( x < 5 ) { // condition
                  // loop body:
                  x = x + 1;
                  if ( x == 3 )
                      break;
              }  
              return 0;
          }

• break cannot be used to exit if-else code blocks:

          int main()
          {
              int x = 0;
              if ( x < 5 ) {
                  break; // Error: illegal break
              }  
              return 0;
          }