Chapter 7_2: Java Break and Continue

Java Break

We already seen the break statement used in an earlier chapter of this tutorial. It was used to “jump out” of a switch statement.

 To jump out of a loop the break statement can also be used.

This example jumps out of the loop when x is equal to 9:

Example

public class BreakStatmentDemo {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		for (int x = 0; x < 10; x++) {
		      if (x == 9) {
		        break;
		      }
		      System.out.println(x);
	}
}
}

Output:

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Java Continue

The continue statement breaks one iteration (in the loop), if a specified condition occurs, and continues with the next iteration in the loop.

This example skips the value of 8

Example

public class ContinueStatmentDemo {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		for (int x = 0; x < 10; x++) {
		      if (x == 8) {
		    	  continue;
		      }
		      System.out.println(x);
	}
}
}

Output:

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
9

Break and Continue in While Loop

We can also use break and continue in while loops:

Break Example

public class BreakStatmentDemo {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		int x = 0;
		while (x < 10) {
			if (x == 8) {
				x++;
				 break;
			}
			System.out.println(x);
			x++;
		}
	}
}

Continue Example

public class ContinueStatmentDemo {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		int x = 0;
		while (x < 10) {
			if (x == 8) {
				x++;
				continue;
			}
			System.out.println(x);
			x++;
		}
	}
}

See below video to understand more about while loop