Immediate exit of 'while' loop in C++ [closed]

Answer 1

You should never use a break statement to exit a loop. Of course you can do it, but that doesn't mean you should. It just isn't good programming practice. The more elegant way to exit is the following:

while(choice!=99)
{
    cin>>choice;
    if (choice==99)
        //exit here and don't get additional input
    else
       cin>>gNum;
}

if choice is 99 there is nothing else to do and the loop terminates.

Answer 2

cin >> choice;
while(choice!=99) {
    cin>>gNum;
    cin >> choice
}

You don't need a break, in that case.

Answer 3

while(choice!=99)
{
  cin>>choice;
  if (choice==99)
    exit(0);
  cin>>gNum;
}

Trust me, that will exit the loop. If that doesn't work nothing will. Mind, this may not be what you want...

Answer 4

Yes, break will work. However, you may find that many programmers prefer not to use it when possible, rather, use a conditional if statement to perform anything else in the loop (thus, not performing it and exiting the loop cleanly)

Something like this will achieve what you're looking for, without having to use a break.

while(choice!=99) {
    cin >> choice;
    if (choice != 99) {
        cin>>gNum;
    }
}

Answer 5

Use break?

while(choice!=99)
{
  cin>>choice;
  if (choice==99)
    break;
  cin>>gNum;
}

Answer 6

Try

break;