if we want to break the execution of loop in while, do while and for loop and switch case we use break satement.

Syntax:

jump-statement;
break;

below are examples to illustrate break statement:

Example1
Example of C break statement with loop

#include <stdio.h>    
#include <conio.h>    
void main(){    
int i=1;


for(i=1;i<=10;i++){    
printf("%d \n",i);  
if(i==7){//if value of i is equal to 7, it will break the loop  
break;  
}  
} 

}    

Output

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Example2
C break statement with inner loop

#include <stdio.h>    
#include <conio.h>    
void main(){    
int i=1,j=1; 


for(i=1;i<=3;i++){    
for(j=1;j<=3;j++){  
printf("%d &d\n",i,j);  
if(i==2 && j==2){  
break; 
}  
}  
}

Output

1 1
1 2
1 3
2 1
2 2
3 1
3 2
3 3