12 Jul break continue statements in Java

break statement in Java

The break statement in C, C++ and Java terminates the statement sequence. We saw it in the Switch case as well. In Java, we can use break as,

• break in switch
• break as goto
• break outside label

Let us first see the syntax,

Syntax

break;

Example

Let us see an example to learn more about break statement in Java,

public class StudyopediaDemo {   

   public static void main(String args[]) { 
    
    System.out.println("'Break statement' in Java - Studyopedia");
	
     int i = 5;
 
     while( i < 10 ) {
      System.out.println(i);
      i++;
		
      if( i > 7) {
        break;
      }
   }
  }
}

Output

The following is the output,

break in switch statement in Java

Let us see an example to learn about the usage of break in switch statement in Java,

public class StudyopediaDemo {   

   public static void main(String args[]) { 
    
    System.out.println("'Switch' in Java - Studyopedia");
	
    int marks = 75 ;
 
    switch(marks) {
      case 90:
         System.out.println("Grade A");
         break;
      
      case 75:
         System.out.println("Grade B");
         break;
      
      case 60:
         System.out.println("Grade C");
         break;
     }
  }
}

The following is the output,

break as goto in Java

Let us see an example to learn about the usage of break as goto in Java,

public class StudyopediaDemo {   

   public static void main(String args[]) { 
    
    boolean a = true;
    System.out.println("'Break as Goto' in Java - Studyopedia");
	
    first:
       {
          second:
           {
             third:
             {
                 System.out.println("Inside Third Section");
	         if(a)
	          {
	             break second;
	          }
             }
             System.out.println("Inside Second Section");	 
           }	
         System.out.println("Inside First Section");	
      }	 
  }
}

The following is the output,

continue statement in Java

The continue statement transfers control to the conditional expression and jumps to the next iteration of the loop.

Syntax

continue;

Example

The following is an example showing the usage of continue statement,

public class StudyopediaDemo {   

   public static void main(String args[]) { 
    
     System.out.println("'continue statement' in Java - Studyopedia");
	
     int val1 = 100;
 
     do {
   
        if( val1 == 110) {
           val1 = val1 + 1;
           continue;
       }
		
       System.out.println(val1);
       val1++;
     
   } while( val1 < 115 );
  }
}

The following is the output,

continue as goto in Java

Let us learn about how to work with continue statement as goto in Java,

public class StudyopediaDemo {   

   public static void main(String args[]) { 
    
     System.out.println("'continue as goto' in Java - Studyopedia");
	
     first: for(int i=1; i<6;i++)
        {
           second: for(int j=1; i<=10;j++)
            {
	     if(j==2)
	       {
	          continue first; 
	       }	   
	  System.out.println("i="+i+", j="+j);   
	}		 
     }	 
  }
}

The following is the output,

In this lesson, we learned how to work with break and continue in Java.