Java Break Statement

The Java break statement is used to break loop or switch statement. It breaks the current flow of the program at specified condition. In case of inner loop, it breaks only inner loop.

We can use Java break statement in all types of loops such as for loop, while loop and do-while loop.

We can use break statement with a label. This feature is introduced since JDK 1.5. So, we can break any loop in Java now whether it is outer loop or inner.

Example:

//Java Program to demonstrate the use of break statement

//inside the for loop.

public class BreakExample {

public static void main(String[] args) {

//using for loop

for(int i=1;i<=10;i++){

if(i==5){

//breaking the loop

break;

}

System.out.println(i);

}

}

}

Java continue statement

The Java continue statement is used to continue the loop. It continues the current flow of the program and skips the remaining code at the specified condition. In case of an inner loop, it continues the inner loop only.

We can use Java continue statement in all types of loops such as for loop, while loop and do-while loop.

We can use continue statement with a label. This feature is introduced since JDK 1.5. So, we can continue any loop in Java now whether it is outer loop or inner.

Java Continue Statement Example

Example:

//Java Program to demonstrate the use of continue statement

//inside the for loop.

public class ContinueExample {

public static void main(String[] args) {

//for loop

for(int i=1;i<=10;i++){

if(i==5){

//using continue statement

continue;//it will skip the rest statement

}

System.out.println(i);

}

}

}