help with break

[Aramil of Elixia]

So i was reading a tutorial on c++ (actually the one from this site) because you never know what you will find that you didn't know before, and I came across a bit of code explaining break.

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main ()
{
  int n;
  for (n=10; n>0; n--)
  {
    cout << n << ", ";
    if (n==3)
    {
      cout << "countdown aborted!";
      break;
    }
  }
  return 0;
}

with this happening:

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, countdown aborted!

meaning that it breaks out of the if statement and the for loop. I was under the impression that it will only break out of one control structure. Am I wrong or is this a typo?

[Peter87]

break; break out of the closest loop or switch block.

[bluecoder]

there are many more break in the loop eg .. while , for , switch ...you can try this out .

[Aramil of Elixia]

@peter87: see thats my point about the closest loop wouldnt that be the if statement?
@bluecoder: do you mean that there are many ways to use break or that there are many breaks in the above code?

[Peter87]

An if statement isn't a loop. By loop i mean for or while loops.

[Aramil of Elixia]

im sorry i read that to fast i know that if is a statement. okay now i understand so there could be ten nested if statements in a while loop and even if the break is in the most inner if it will break out of them all until is out of the while loop right?

[Peter87]

yes, that's right.

[Aramil of Elixia]

thank you.