Ruby Break Statement

By IncludeHelp Last updated : November 16, 2024

Ruby break Statement

In programming, loops are needed to be terminated properly otherwise it will result in an infinite loop. In ruby, when a certain condition is met, loops are terminated via break statement. The break statement is mostly used in while loop where the value is required to be printed till the condition comes out to be true.

The basic purpose of break statement is to discontinue the loop and it is called from inside the loop.

Syntax

break

Now, let us understand the implementation of a break statement in a Ruby program with the help of program codes.

Example 1

=begin
  Ruby program to demonstrate the use of the Break statement
  in a while loop.
=end

puts "Enter the integer to calculate table:"
num = gets.chomp.to_i

j = 1

# Using While Loop to print multiplication table
while true
  # Printing values
  tab = j * num
  puts "#{num} * #{j} = #{tab}"
  
  j += 1

  # Break when j exceeds 10
  if j > 10
    break  # Exits the loop when the table is complete
  end
end

Output

RUN 1:
Enter the integer to calculate table
12
12 * 1 = 12
12 * 2 = 24
12 * 3 = 36
12 * 4 = 48
12 * 5 = 60
12 * 6 = 72
12 * 7 = 84
12 * 8 = 96
12 * 9 = 108
12 * 10 = 120

RUN 2:
Enter the integer to calculate table
9
9 * 1 = 9
9 * 2 = 18
9 * 3 = 27
9 * 4 = 36
9 * 5 = 45
9 * 6 = 54
9 * 7 = 63
9 * 8 = 72
9 * 9 = 81
9 * 10 = 90

Explanation

In the above code, we are trying to demonstrate the significance of the break statement. We have written a code which is calculating the table of the number which is being provided by the user. We are giving a call to break statement inside 'if' condition which is working inside the 'while' loop. The break statement is working in the way that it is breaking the loop execution or you can say that it is terminating the loop when the value of j (loop variable) exceeds 10.

Example 2

=begin
  Ruby program to demonstrate the use of the Break statement
  in a while loop.
=end

k = 1

# Using while loop to print values
while true do
  # Printing value: k * (k-1)
  puts k * (k - 1)
  
  k += 1
  
  # Using Break Statement to exit the loop when k > 5
  break if k > 5
end

Output

Here, the break statement is terminating loop when it finds the value of 'k' is greater than 5.

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