Justification

"break" statements cause breaks in the normal structured control flow of a program. For this reason they shall be avoided (apart from use in switch statements) as they affect the readability and maintainability of the code.

Example 1

for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
   if (c[i] == ' ')
   {
      break; /* WRONG */
   }
}

Example 2

while (c[0] == ' ')
{
   ...c...
   break; /* WRONG */
}

Example 3

i = 0;

while ((i < n) && (c[i] != ' ')) /* RIGHT */
{
   i++;
}
/* status: i == n || ((0 <= i < n) && (c[i] == ' ')) */