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Java Break
You have already seen the break statement used in an earlier chapter of this tutorial. It
was used to "jump out" of a switch statement.
The break statement can also be used to jump out of a loop.
This example stops the loop when i is equal to 4:
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for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
if (i == 4) {
break;
}
System.out.println(i);
}
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The continue statement breaks one iteration (in the loop), if a specified condition occurs,
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This example skips the value of 4:
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for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
if (i == 4) {
continue;
}
System.out.println(i);
}
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Break and Continue in While Loop
You can also use break and continue in while loops:
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int i = 0;
while (i < 10) {
System.out.println(i);
i++;
if (i == 4) {
break;
}
}
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int i = 0;
while (i < 10) {
if (i == 4) {
i++;
continue;
}
System.out.println(i);
i++;
}
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True or False:
The break statement can only be used within switch statements.
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