break statement not working in else statement

Question

I am getting this error in c. I was using the "break" statement in the else statement and get this error message "error: break statement, not within loop or switch."

#include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
    int click;
    scanf("%d",&click);
    first_page:
        if(click == 1)
        {
            printf("OK");
        }
        else
        {
            printf("\nInvalid");
            goto first_page;
                break;
        }
}

Answer 1

The break statement may appear only in an iteration statement or a switch statement.

From the C Standard (6.8.6.3 The break statement)

1 A break statement shall appear only in or as a switch body or loop body.

In your program it is redundant. The program has an infinite loop.

It seems what you mean is the following.

#include <stdio.h>

int main( void )
{
    int click;

    do
    {
        scanf("%d",&click);

        if(click == 1)
        {
            printf("OK");
        }
        else
        {
            printf("\nInvalid");
        }
    } while ( click != 1 );
}