Transfer Statement

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Java Break Statement

When a break statement is encountered inside a loop, the loop is immediately terminated and the program control resumes at the next statement following the loop.

The Java break 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.

Syntax:

    jump-statement;    
    break;

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Java Break Statement with Loop

Example:

     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);  
         }  
     }  
     }  

Output:

 1
 2
 3
 4

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Continue Statement

The continue statement is used in loop control structure when you need to jump to the next iteration of the loop immediately. It can be used with for loop or while loop.

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.

Syntax:

    jump-statement;    
    continue;

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Example

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);  
    }  
}  
}  

Output:

1
2
3
4
6
7
8
9
10

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