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4.3 New Control Constructs

Earlier in this chapter, we saw the use of a chain of if...else if constructs for a multiway decision. This is a common operation in programs so the C language provides an alternate multiway decision capability: the switch statement. In addition, two other control constructs are discussed in this section: the break and continue statements.

• 4.3.1 The switch Statement
• 4.3.2 The break Statement
• 4.3.3 The continue Statement