Jump Statements

Last Updated: Jan 2026

Jump statements are used to change the normal flow of a program. They make the program “jump” from one part to another instead of running line by line.

C provides two main jump statements:

break
continue
goto

1. break Statement

The break statement stops the loop immediately and exits from it.

✏ Example:

for (int i = 1; i <= 5; i++) {
  if (i === 3) {
    break; // stops loop when i is 3
  }
  printf("%d\n",i);
}

💡 Output: 1, 2,

2. continue Statement

The continue statement skips the current iteration and moves to the next one.

Example:

for (int i = 1; i <= 5; i++) {
  if (i === 3) {
    continue; // skip 3
  }
  printf("%d\n",i);

}

💡 Output: 1, 2, 4, 5

3. goto Statement

The goto statement allows you to jump to a specific label in the program.it always end with a label :.

Example:

int main() {
  int x = 10;
  int y = 20;

  if (x > y) {
    goto label1;
  } else {
    goto label2;
  }

label1:
  printf("x is greater than y\n");
  return 0;

label2:
  printf("x is less than or equal to y\n");
  return 0;
}

💡 Quick Practice

Write a loop from 1-10 and stop the loop when number is 6.
Print all numbers from 1-10 except 4 and 8 using continue.
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