Question

Example:

switch( x )
{
case y:
 if ( true )
 {
    break;
 }
 cout << "Oops";
 break;
}

If the switch statement selects y, will Oops be written to the standard output?
– Is break in switch statements a dynamic keyword like continue which can be called under conditions or static like a closing bracket }?

Answer 1

break breaks out of an enclosing switch, while, for, or do ... while. It doesn’t break out of an enclosing if or bare block. Pretty much exactly like continue.

It’s certainly not part of the required syntax of a switch statement (like a close-brace is part of the syntax of blocks). break is a statement, essentially meaning “transfer execution to the point after the end of the innermost breakable construct”.