Difference between break and continue statement

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Can anyone tell me the difference between break and continue statements

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break leaves a loop  continue jumps to the next iteration

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Break Statement  Sometimes it   s necessary to exit a loop before the loop has finished fully iterating over all the step values  For example  looping over a list of numbers until you find a number that satisfies a certain condition  Or looping over a stream of characters from a file until a certain character is read   In the following example  we   re using a simple for loop to print out values from 0 to 9   for int i 0  i lt 10  i        System out println i       Output   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   Now if we add a break statement when i  4  our code will break out of the loop once i equals 4  You can use the break statement to break out of for loops  while loops and do-while loops  The break statement will only break out of the current loop  In order to break out of an outer loop from a nested inner loop  you would need to use labels with the break statement   for int i 0  i lt 10  i        System out println i     if i  4        break          Output   0 1 2 3 4   Continue Statement  Java   s continue statement skips over the current iteration of a loop and goes directly to the next iteration  After calling the continue statement in a for loop  the loop execution will execute the step value and evaluate the boolean condition before proceeding with the next iteration  In the following example  we   re printing out all values from 0 to 9 in a loop but we skip over printing out 4   for int i 0  i lt 10  i        if i  4        continue        System out println i       Output   0 1 2 3 5  lt ---- SKIPPED OVER 4 and continued with next loop iteration 6 7 8 9   Loop Label - Break Statement You can use labels within nested loops by specifying where you want execution to continue after breaking out of an inner loop  Normally  the break statement will only break out of the innermost loop so when you want to break out of an outer loop  you can use labels to accomplish this  essentially doing something similar to a goto statement   The following example uses 3 loops  all nested within each other  Since there   s no way completely break out of the outer most loop from inside the inner most loop  we can use the label    outer1    to accomplish this and specify the label next to the break statement   outer1  for int i 0  i lt 5  i        for int j 0  j lt 4  j          for int k 0  k lt 2  k            System out println       i          j          k               if j    3            break outer1                        Output    0  0  0   0  0  1   0  1  0   0  1  1   0  2  0   0  2  1   0  3  0    Notice how the last line displayed is    0 0     which is where j    3 and that   s where we called    break outer1     to break out of the outer most loop   Loop Labels - Continue Statement  You can also use labels with the continue keyword to continue looping from a specific point  Taking the previous example and just changing one line to specify continue outer1  instead of break outer1  will cause the loop to continue looping from the outer1 label instead of breaking out of the loop  Note how each time continue outer1  is called  the code continues from the outer loop after incrementing the loop index i by 1   outer1  for int i 0  i lt 5  i        for int j 0  j lt 4  j          for int k 0  k lt 2  k            System out println       i          j          k               if j    3            continue outer1                0  0  0   0  0  1   0  1  0   0  1  1   0  2  0   0  2  1   0  3  0   lt ---- CONTINUE WITH LABEL CALLED HERE  1  0  0   lt ---- CONTINUES FROM NEXT ITERATION OF OUTER LOOP  1  0  1   1  1  0   1  1  1   1  2  0   1  2  1   1  3  0   lt ---- CONTINUE WITH LABEL CALLED HERE  2  0  0   lt ---- CONTINUES FROM NEXT ITERATION OF OUTER LOOP  2  0  1   2  1  0   2  1  1   2  2  0   2  2  1   2  3  0   lt ---- CONTINUE WITH LABEL CALLED HERE  3  0  0   lt ---- CONTINUES FROM NEXT ITERATION OF OUTER LOOP  3  0  1   3  1  0   3  1  1   3  2  0   3  2  1   3  3  0   lt ---- CONTINUE WITH LABEL CALLED HERE  4  0  0   lt ---- CONTINUES FROM NEXT ITERATION OF OUTER LOOP  4  0  1   4  1  0   4  1  1   4  2  0   4  2  1   4  3  0    Source  Loops in Java     Ultimate Guide

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here s the semantic of break   int   a   new int     1  3  4  6  7  9  10       find 9 for int i   0  i  lt  a Length  i          if  a i     9           goto goBreak       Console WriteLine a i  ToString             goBreak     here s the semantic of continue   int   a   new int     1  3  4  6  7  9  10       skip all odds for int i   0  i  lt  a Length  i          if  a i    2    1           goto goContinue       Console WriteLine a i  ToString            goContinue

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See Branching Statements for more details and code samples    break     The break statement has two forms  labeled and unlabeled  You saw the   unlabeled form in the previous discussion of the switch statement  You   can also use an unlabeled break to terminate a for  while  or do-while   loop            An unlabeled break statement terminates the innermost switch  for    while  or do-while statement  but a labeled break terminates an outer   statement    continue     The continue statement skips the current iteration of a for  while     or do-while loop  The unlabeled form skips to the end of the innermost   loop s body and evaluates the boolean expression that controls the   loop             A labeled continue statement skips the current iteration of an outer loop marked with the given label

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A break statement results in the termination of the statement to which it applies  switch  for  do  or while    A continue statement is used to end the current loop iteration and return control to the loop statement

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here s the semantic of break   int   a   new int     1  3  4  6  7  9  10       find 9 for int i   0  i  lt  a Length  i          if  a i     9           goto goBreak       Console WriteLine a i  ToString             goBreak     here s the semantic of continue   int   a   new int     1  3  4  6  7  9  10       skip all odds for int i   0  i  lt  a Length  i          if  a i    2    1           goto goContinue       Console WriteLine a i  ToString            goContinue

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A break statement results in the termination of the statement to which it applies  switch  for  do  or while    A continue statement is used to end the current loop iteration and return control to the loop statement

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First i think you should know that there are two types of break and continue in Java which are labeled break unlabeled break labeled continue and unlabeled continue Now  i will talk about the difference between them   class BreakDemo   public static void main String   args         int   arrayOfInts              32  87  3  589            12  1076  2000            8  622  127        int searchfor   12       int i      boolean foundIt   false       for  i   0  i  lt  arrayOfInts length  i              if  arrayOfInts i     searchfor                foundIt   true              break   this is an unlabeled break an unlabeled break statement terminates the innermost switch for while do-while statement                       if  foundIt            System out println  Found     searchfor     at index     i         else           System out println searchfor     not in the array              An unlabeled break statement terminates the innermost switch  for  while  do-while statement   public class BreakWithLabelDemo   public static void main String   args        search      for  int i   0  i  lt  3  i              for  int j   0  j  lt  5  j                  System out println i     -     j               if  j    3                  break search   this is an labeled break To notice the lab which is search                      A labeled break terminates an outer statement if you javac and java this demo you will get   0 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 3     class ContinueDemo   public static void main String   args         String searchMe    peter piper picked a      peck of pickled peppers       int max   searchMe length        int numPs   0       for  int i   0  i  lt  max  i                 interested only in p s         if  searchMe charAt i      p               continue   this is an unlabeled continue              process p s         numPs              System out println  Found     numPs     p s in the string         An unlabeled continue statement skips the current iteration of a for while do-while statement   public class ContinueWithLabelDemo   public static void main String   args        search      for  int i   0  i  lt  3  i              for  int j   0  j  lt  5  j                  System out println i     -     j               if  j    3                  continue search   this is an labeled continue Notice the lab which is search                     A labeled continue statement skips the current iteration of an outer loop marked with the given lable if you javac and java the demo you will get   0 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 3 1 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 3 2 - 0 2 - 1 2 - 2 2 - 3     if you have any question   you can see the Java tutorial of this enter link description here

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here s the semantic of break   int   a   new int     1  3  4  6  7  9  10       find 9 for int i   0  i  lt  a Length  i          if  a i     9           goto goBreak       Console WriteLine a i  ToString             goBreak     here s the semantic of continue   int   a   new int     1  3  4  6  7  9  10       skip all odds for int i   0  i  lt  a Length  i          if  a i    2    1           goto goContinue       Console WriteLine a i  ToString            goContinue

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break completely exits the loop  continue skips the statements after the continue statement and keeps looping

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for  int i   1  i  lt   3  i              if  i    2                 continue                    System out print   i     i           try this code in netbeans you ll understand the different between break and continue  for  int i   1  i  lt   3  i              if  i    2                 break                    System out print   i     i

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See Branching Statements for more details and code samples    break     The break statement has two forms  labeled and unlabeled  You saw the   unlabeled form in the previous discussion of the switch statement  You   can also use an unlabeled break to terminate a for  while  or do-while   loop            An unlabeled break statement terminates the innermost switch  for    while  or do-while statement  but a labeled break terminates an outer   statement    continue     The continue statement skips the current iteration of a for  while     or do-while loop  The unlabeled form skips to the end of the innermost   loop s body and evaluates the boolean expression that controls the   loop             A labeled continue statement skips the current iteration of an outer loop marked with the given label

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so you are inside a for or while loop  Using break  will put you outside of the loop  As in  it will end  Continue  will tell it to run the next iteration    No point in using continue in if statement  but break  is useful   In switch   case  always use break  to end a case  so it does not executes another case

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continue skips the current executing loop and MOVES TO the next loop whereas break MOVES OUT of the loop and executes the next statement after the loop  I learned the difference using the following code  Check out the different outputs Hope this helps   public static void main String   args        for int i   0  i  lt  5  i             if  i    3                continue                    System out print i            prints out 0124  continue moves to the next iteration skipping printing 3  public static void main String   args        for int i   0  i  lt  5  i             if  i    3                break                    System out print i            prints out 012  break moves out of the loop hence doesnt print 3 and 4

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Excellent answer simple and accurate   I would add a code sample   C  oreyes samples java breakcontinue gt type BreakContinue java      class BreakContinue            public static void main  String    args                     for  int i   0   i  lt  10   i                             if  i   2    0       if pair  will jump                          continue     don t go to  System out print  below                                               System out println  The number is     i                          if  i    7                              break     will end the execution  8 9 wont be processed                                                             C  oreyes samples java breakcontinue gt java BreakContinue The number is 1 The number is 3 The number is 5 The number is 7

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System out println   starting loop     for  int n   0  n  lt  7    n        System out println   in loop      n       if  n    2            continue            System out println      survived first guard        if  n    4            break            System out println      survived second guard           continue at head of loop      break out of loop System out println   end of loop or exit via break      This will lead to following output   starting loop  in loop  0     survived first guard     survived second guard in loop  1     survived first guard     survived second guard in loop  2 in loop  3     survived first guard     survived second guard in loop  4     survived first guard end of loop or exit via break   You can label a block  not only a for-loop  and then break continue from a nested block to an outer one  In few cases this might be useful  but in general you ll try to avoid such code  except the logic of the program is much better to understand than in the following example   first  for  int i   0  i  lt  4    i         second      for  int j   0  j  lt  4    j                 third          for  int k   0  k  lt  4    k                         System out println   inner start  i j k      i   j   k                if  i   j   k    5                  continue third              if  i   j   k    7                  continue second              if  i   j   k    8                  break second              if  i   j   k    9                  break first              System out println   inner stop   i j k      i   j   k                               Because it s possible  it doesn t mean you should use it    If you want to obfuscate your code in a funny way  you don t choose a meanigful name  but http  and follow it with a comment  which looks alien  like a webadress in the source-code   http   stackoverflow com questions 462373 for  int i   0  i  lt  4    i          if  i    2            break http    I guess this is from a Joshua Bloch quizzle

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Simple program to understand difference between continue and break  When continue is used      public static void main String   args        System out println  HelloWorld        for  int i   0  i  lt  5  i             System out println  Start For loop i       i           if i  2               System out println  Inside if Statement for i     i              continue                    System out println  End For loop i       i             System out println  Completely out of For loop        OutPut  HelloWorld Start For loop i   0 End For loop i   0 Start For loop i   1 End For loop i   1 Start For loop i   2 Inside if Statement for i   2 Start For loop i   3 End For loop i   3 Start For loop i   4 End For loop i   4 Completely out of For loop   When break is used  public static void main String   args        System out println  HelloWorld        for  int i   0  i  lt  5  i             System out println  Start For loop i       i           if i  2               System out println  Inside if Statement for i     i              break                    System out println  End For loop i       i             System out println  Completely out of For loop       Output  HelloWorld Start For loop i   0 End For loop i   0 Start For loop i   1 End For loop i   1 Start For loop i   2 Inside if Statement for i   2 Completely out of For loop

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The break statement exists the current looping control structure and jumps behind it while the continue exits too but jumping back to the looping condition

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continue skips the current executing loop and MOVES TO the next loop whereas break MOVES OUT of the loop and executes the next statement after the loop  I learned the difference using the following code  Check out the different outputs Hope this helps   public static void main String   args        for int i   0  i  lt  5  i             if  i    3                continue                    System out print i            prints out 0124  continue moves to the next iteration skipping printing 3  public static void main String   args        for int i   0  i  lt  5  i             if  i    3                break                    System out print i            prints out 012  break moves out of the loop hence doesnt print 3 and 4

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The break statement breaks out of the loop  the next statement to be executed is the first one after the closing brace   while continue starts the loop over at the next iteration

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Simple Example   break leaves the loop   int m   0  for int n   0  n  lt  5    n     if n    2       break        m       System out printl  m   m      m 2   continue will go back to start loop   int m   0  for int n   0  n  lt  5    n     if n    2       continue     Go back to start and dont execute m         m       System out printl  m   m      m 4

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A break statement results in the termination of the statement to which it applies  switch  for  do  or while    A continue statement is used to end the current loop iteration and return control to the loop statement

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System out println   starting loop     for  int n   0  n  lt  7    n        System out println   in loop      n       if  n    2            continue            System out println      survived first guard        if  n    4            break            System out println      survived second guard           continue at head of loop      break out of loop System out println   end of loop or exit via break      This will lead to following output   starting loop  in loop  0     survived first guard     survived second guard in loop  1     survived first guard     survived second guard in loop  2 in loop  3     survived first guard     survived second guard in loop  4     survived first guard end of loop or exit via break   You can label a block  not only a for-loop  and then break continue from a nested block to an outer one  In few cases this might be useful  but in general you ll try to avoid such code  except the logic of the program is much better to understand than in the following example   first  for  int i   0  i  lt  4    i         second      for  int j   0  j  lt  4    j                 third          for  int k   0  k  lt  4    k                         System out println   inner start  i j k      i   j   k                if  i   j   k    5                  continue third              if  i   j   k    7                  continue second              if  i   j   k    8                  break second              if  i   j   k    9                  break first              System out println   inner stop   i j k      i   j   k                               Because it s possible  it doesn t mean you should use it    If you want to obfuscate your code in a funny way  you don t choose a meanigful name  but http  and follow it with a comment  which looks alien  like a webadress in the source-code   http   stackoverflow com questions 462373 for  int i   0  i  lt  4    i          if  i    2            break http    I guess this is from a Joshua Bloch quizzle

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here s the semantic of break   int   a   new int     1  3  4  6  7  9  10       find 9 for int i   0  i  lt  a Length  i          if  a i     9           goto goBreak       Console WriteLine a i  ToString             goBreak     here s the semantic of continue   int   a   new int     1  3  4  6  7  9  10       skip all odds for int i   0  i  lt  a Length  i          if  a i    2    1           goto goContinue       Console WriteLine a i  ToString            goContinue

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Break leaves the loop completely and executes the statements after the loop   Whereas Continue leaves the current iteration and executes with the next value in the loop       This Code Explains Everything     public static void main String   args        for int i 0 i lt 10 i                  if  i  4                        break                    System out print i   t               System out println        for int i 0 i lt 10 i                   if  i  4                        continue                    System out print i   t              Output   0   1   2   3    0   1   2   3   5   6   7   8   9

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Break leaves the loop completely and executes the statements after the loop   Whereas Continue leaves the current iteration and executes with the next value in the loop       This Code Explains Everything     public static void main String   args        for int i 0 i lt 10 i                  if  i  4                        break                    System out print i   t               System out println        for int i 0 i lt 10 i                   if  i  4                        continue                    System out print i   t              Output   0   1   2   3    0   1   2   3   5   6   7   8   9

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A break statement results in the termination of the statement to which it applies  switch  for  do  or while    A continue statement is used to end the current loop iteration and return control to the loop statement

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The break statement breaks out of the loop  the next statement to be executed is the first one after the closing brace   while continue starts the loop over at the next iteration

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See Branching Statements for more details and code samples    break     The break statement has two forms  labeled and unlabeled  You saw the   unlabeled form in the previous discussion of the switch statement  You   can also use an unlabeled break to terminate a for  while  or do-while   loop            An unlabeled break statement terminates the innermost switch  for    while  or do-while statement  but a labeled break terminates an outer   statement    continue     The continue statement skips the current iteration of a for  while     or do-while loop  The unlabeled form skips to the end of the innermost   loop s body and evaluates the boolean expression that controls the   loop             A labeled continue statement skips the current iteration of an outer loop marked with the given label

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Excellent answer simple and accurate   I would add a code sample   C  oreyes samples java breakcontinue gt type BreakContinue java      class BreakContinue            public static void main  String    args                     for  int i   0   i  lt  10   i                             if  i   2    0       if pair  will jump                          continue     don t go to  System out print  below                                               System out println  The number is     i                          if  i    7                              break     will end the execution  8 9 wont be processed                                                             C  oreyes samples java breakcontinue gt java BreakContinue The number is 1 The number is 3 The number is 5 The number is 7

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Consider the following   int n  for n   0  n  lt  10    n        break    System out println n     break causes the loop to terminate and the value of n is 0   int n  for n   0  n  lt  10    n        continue    System out println n     continue causes the program counter to return to the first line of the loop  the condition is checked and the value of n is increment  and the final value of n is 10   It should also be noted that break only terminates the execution of the loop it is within   int m  for m   0  m  lt  5    m        int n      for n   0  n  lt  5    n            break            System out println n     System out println m     Will output something to the effect of  0 0 0 0 0 5

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Simple Example   break leaves the loop   int m   0  for int n   0  n  lt  5    n     if n    2       break        m       System out printl  m   m      m 2   continue will go back to start loop   int m   0  for int n   0  n  lt  5    n     if n    2       continue     Go back to start and dont execute m         m       System out printl  m   m      m 4

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Simple program to understand difference between continue and break  When continue is used      public static void main String   args        System out println  HelloWorld        for  int i   0  i  lt  5  i             System out println  Start For loop i       i           if i  2               System out println  Inside if Statement for i     i              continue                    System out println  End For loop i       i             System out println  Completely out of For loop        OutPut  HelloWorld Start For loop i   0 End For loop i   0 Start For loop i   1 End For loop i   1 Start For loop i   2 Inside if Statement for i   2 Start For loop i   3 End For loop i   3 Start For loop i   4 End For loop i   4 Completely out of For loop   When break is used  public static void main String   args        System out println  HelloWorld        for  int i   0  i  lt  5  i             System out println  Start For loop i       i           if i  2               System out println  Inside if Statement for i     i              break                    System out println  End For loop i       i             System out println  Completely out of For loop       Output  HelloWorld Start For loop i   0 End For loop i   0 Start For loop i   1 End For loop i   1 Start For loop i   2 Inside if Statement for i   2 Completely out of For loop

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Consider the following   int n  for n   0  n  lt  10    n        break    System out println n     break causes the loop to terminate and the value of n is 0   int n  for n   0  n  lt  10    n        continue    System out println n     continue causes the program counter to return to the first line of the loop  the condition is checked and the value of n is increment  and the final value of n is 10   It should also be noted that break only terminates the execution of the loop it is within   int m  for m   0  m  lt  5    m        int n      for n   0  n  lt  5    n            break            System out println n     System out println m     Will output something to the effect of  0 0 0 0 0 5

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so you are inside a for or while loop  Using break  will put you outside of the loop  As in  it will end  Continue  will tell it to run the next iteration    No point in using continue in if statement  but break  is useful   In switch   case  always use break  to end a case  so it does not executes another case

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First i think you should know that there are two types of break and continue in Java which are labeled break unlabeled break labeled continue and unlabeled continue Now  i will talk about the difference between them   class BreakDemo   public static void main String   args         int   arrayOfInts              32  87  3  589            12  1076  2000            8  622  127        int searchfor   12       int i      boolean foundIt   false       for  i   0  i  lt  arrayOfInts length  i              if  arrayOfInts i     searchfor                foundIt   true              break   this is an unlabeled break an unlabeled break statement terminates the innermost switch for while do-while statement                       if  foundIt            System out println  Found     searchfor     at index     i         else           System out println searchfor     not in the array              An unlabeled break statement terminates the innermost switch  for  while  do-while statement   public class BreakWithLabelDemo   public static void main String   args        search      for  int i   0  i  lt  3  i              for  int j   0  j  lt  5  j                  System out println i     -     j               if  j    3                  break search   this is an labeled break To notice the lab which is search                      A labeled break terminates an outer statement if you javac and java this demo you will get   0 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 3     class ContinueDemo   public static void main String   args         String searchMe    peter piper picked a      peck of pickled peppers       int max   searchMe length        int numPs   0       for  int i   0  i  lt  max  i                 interested only in p s         if  searchMe charAt i      p               continue   this is an unlabeled continue              process p s         numPs              System out println  Found     numPs     p s in the string         An unlabeled continue statement skips the current iteration of a for while do-while statement   public class ContinueWithLabelDemo   public static void main String   args        search      for  int i   0  i  lt  3  i              for  int j   0  j  lt  5  j                  System out println i     -     j               if  j    3                  continue search   this is an labeled continue Notice the lab which is search                     A labeled continue statement skips the current iteration of an outer loop marked with the given lable if you javac and java the demo you will get   0 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 3 1 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 3 2 - 0 2 - 1 2 - 2 2 - 3     if you have any question   you can see the Java tutorial of this enter link description here

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See Branching Statements for more details and code samples    break     The break statement has two forms  labeled and unlabeled  You saw the   unlabeled form in the previous discussion of the switch statement  You   can also use an unlabeled break to terminate a for  while  or do-while   loop            An unlabeled break statement terminates the innermost switch  for    while  or do-while statement  but a labeled break terminates an outer   statement    continue     The continue statement skips the current iteration of a for  while     or do-while loop  The unlabeled form skips to the end of the innermost   loop s body and evaluates the boolean expression that controls the   loop             A labeled continue statement skips the current iteration of an outer loop marked with the given label

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Simply put  break will terminate the current loop  and continue execution at the first line after the loop ends   continue jumps back to the loop condition and keeps running the loop

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To prevent anything from execution if a condition is met one should use the continue and to get out of the loop if a condition is met one should use the break   For example in the below mentioned code    for int i 0 i lt 5 i              if i  3               continue                    System out println i            The above code will print the result   0 1 2 4  NOw consider this code    for int i 0 i lt 5 i                   if i  3                    break                             System out println i                This code will print 0 1 2  That is the basic difference in the continue and break

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break completely exits the loop  continue skips the statements after the continue statement and keeps looping

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The break statement exists the current looping control structure and jumps behind it while the continue exits too but jumping back to the looping condition

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Consider the following   int n  for n   0  n  lt  10    n        break    System out println n     break causes the loop to terminate and the value of n is 0   int n  for n   0  n  lt  10    n        continue    System out println n     continue causes the program counter to return to the first line of the loop  the condition is checked and the value of n is increment  and the final value of n is 10   It should also be noted that break only terminates the execution of the loop it is within   int m  for m   0  m  lt  5    m        int n      for n   0  n  lt  5    n            break            System out println n     System out println m     Will output something to the effect of  0 0 0 0 0 5

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so you are inside a for or while loop  Using break  will put you outside of the loop  As in  it will end  Continue  will tell it to run the next iteration    No point in using continue in if statement  but break  is useful   In switch   case  always use break  to end a case  so it does not executes another case

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Continue Statment stop the itration and start next ittration Ex   System out println  continue when i is 2         for  int i   1  i  lt   3  i              if  i    2                System out print   continue                 continue                    System out print   i     i                 and Break Statment stop the loop or Exit from the loop

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The break statement breaks out of the loop  the next statement to be executed is the first one after the closing brace   while continue starts the loop over at the next iteration

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Continue Statment stop the itration and start next ittration Ex   System out println  continue when i is 2         for  int i   1  i  lt   3  i              if  i    2                System out print   continue                 continue                    System out print   i     i                 and Break Statment stop the loop or Exit from the loop

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break completely exits the loop  continue skips the statements after the continue statement and keeps looping

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The break statement exists the current looping control structure and jumps behind it while the continue exits too but jumping back to the looping condition

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Simple Example   break leaves the loop   int m   0  for int n   0  n  lt  5    n     if n    2       break        m       System out printl  m   m      m 2   continue will go back to start loop   int m   0  for int n   0  n  lt  5    n     if n    2       continue     Go back to start and dont execute m         m       System out printl  m   m      m 4

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Break Statement  Sometimes it   s necessary to exit a loop before the loop has finished fully iterating over all the step values  For example  looping over a list of numbers until you find a number that satisfies a certain condition  Or looping over a stream of characters from a file until a certain character is read   In the following example  we   re using a simple for loop to print out values from 0 to 9   for int i 0  i lt 10  i        System out println i       Output   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   Now if we add a break statement when i  4  our code will break out of the loop once i equals 4  You can use the break statement to break out of for loops  while loops and do-while loops  The break statement will only break out of the current loop  In order to break out of an outer loop from a nested inner loop  you would need to use labels with the break statement   for int i 0  i lt 10  i        System out println i     if i  4        break          Output   0 1 2 3 4   Continue Statement  Java   s continue statement skips over the current iteration of a loop and goes directly to the next iteration  After calling the continue statement in a for loop  the loop execution will execute the step value and evaluate the boolean condition before proceeding with the next iteration  In the following example  we   re printing out all values from 0 to 9 in a loop but we skip over printing out 4   for int i 0  i lt 10  i        if i  4        continue        System out println i       Output   0 1 2 3 5  lt ---- SKIPPED OVER 4 and continued with next loop iteration 6 7 8 9   Loop Label - Break Statement You can use labels within nested loops by specifying where you want execution to continue after breaking out of an inner loop  Normally  the break statement will only break out of the innermost loop so when you want to break out of an outer loop  you can use labels to accomplish this  essentially doing something similar to a goto statement   The following example uses 3 loops  all nested within each other  Since there   s no way completely break out of the outer most loop from inside the inner most loop  we can use the label    outer1    to accomplish this and specify the label next to the break statement   outer1  for int i 0  i lt 5  i        for int j 0  j lt 4  j          for int k 0  k lt 2  k            System out println       i          j          k               if j    3            break outer1                        Output    0  0  0   0  0  1   0  1  0   0  1  1   0  2  0   0  2  1   0  3  0    Notice how the last line displayed is    0 0     which is where j    3 and that   s where we called    break outer1     to break out of the outer most loop   Loop Labels - Continue Statement  You can also use labels with the continue keyword to continue looping from a specific point  Taking the previous example and just changing one line to specify continue outer1  instead of break outer1  will cause the loop to continue looping from the outer1 label instead of breaking out of the loop  Note how each time continue outer1  is called  the code continues from the outer loop after incrementing the loop index i by 1   outer1  for int i 0  i lt 5  i        for int j 0  j lt 4  j          for int k 0  k lt 2  k            System out println       i          j          k               if j    3            continue outer1                0  0  0   0  0  1   0  1  0   0  1  1   0  2  0   0  2  1   0  3  0   lt ---- CONTINUE WITH LABEL CALLED HERE  1  0  0   lt ---- CONTINUES FROM NEXT ITERATION OF OUTER LOOP  1  0  1   1  1  0   1  1  1   1  2  0   1  2  1   1  3  0   lt ---- CONTINUE WITH LABEL CALLED HERE  2  0  0   lt ---- CONTINUES FROM NEXT ITERATION OF OUTER LOOP  2  0  1   2  1  0   2  1  1   2  2  0   2  2  1   2  3  0   lt ---- CONTINUE WITH LABEL CALLED HERE  3  0  0   lt ---- CONTINUES FROM NEXT ITERATION OF OUTER LOOP  3  0  1   3  1  0   3  1  1   3  2  0   3  2  1   3  3  0   lt ---- CONTINUE WITH LABEL CALLED HERE  4  0  0   lt ---- CONTINUES FROM NEXT ITERATION OF OUTER LOOP  4  0  1   4  1  0   4  1  1   4  2  0   4  2  1   4  3  0    Source  Loops in Java     Ultimate Guide

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To prevent anything from execution if a condition is met one should use the continue and to get out of the loop if a condition is met one should use the break   For example in the below mentioned code    for int i 0 i lt 5 i              if i  3               continue                    System out println i            The above code will print the result   0 1 2 4  NOw consider this code    for int i 0 i lt 5 i                   if i  3                    break                             System out println i                This code will print 0 1 2  That is the basic difference in the continue and break

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for  int i   1  i  lt   3  i              if  i    2                 continue                    System out print   i     i           try this code in netbeans you ll understand the different between break and continue  for  int i   1  i  lt   3  i              if  i    2                 break                    System out print   i     i

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Excellent answer simple and accurate   I would add a code sample   C  oreyes samples java breakcontinue gt type BreakContinue java      class BreakContinue            public static void main  String    args                     for  int i   0   i  lt  10   i                             if  i   2    0       if pair  will jump                          continue     don t go to  System out print  below                                               System out println  The number is     i                          if  i    7                              break     will end the execution  8 9 wont be processed                                                             C  oreyes samples java breakcontinue gt java BreakContinue The number is 1 The number is 3 The number is 5 The number is 7

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Excellent answer simple and accurate   I would add a code sample   C  oreyes samples java breakcontinue gt type BreakContinue java      class BreakContinue            public static void main  String    args                     for  int i   0   i  lt  10   i                             if  i   2    0       if pair  will jump                          continue     don t go to  System out print  below                                               System out println  The number is     i                          if  i    7                              break     will end the execution  8 9 wont be processed                                                             C  oreyes samples java breakcontinue gt java BreakContinue The number is 1 The number is 3 The number is 5 The number is 7

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Simply put  break will terminate the current loop  and continue execution at the first line after the loop ends   continue jumps back to the loop condition and keeps running the loop

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Consider the following   int n  for n   0  n  lt  10    n        break    System out println n     break causes the loop to terminate and the value of n is 0   int n  for n   0  n  lt  10    n        continue    System out println n     continue causes the program counter to return to the first line of the loop  the condition is checked and the value of n is increment  and the final value of n is 10   It should also be noted that break only terminates the execution of the loop it is within   int m  for m   0  m  lt  5    m        int n      for n   0  n  lt  5    n            break            System out println n     System out println m     Will output something to the effect of  0 0 0 0 0 5

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break completely exits the loop  continue skips the statements after the continue statement and keeps looping

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Simply put  break will terminate the current loop  and continue execution at the first line after the loop ends   continue jumps back to the loop condition and keeps running the loop

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Simply put  break will terminate the current loop  and continue execution at the first line after the loop ends   continue jumps back to the loop condition and keeps running the loop

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The break statement exists the current looping control structure and jumps behind it while the continue exits too but jumping back to the looping condition

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The break statement breaks out of the loop  the next statement to be executed is the first one after the closing brace   while continue starts the loop over at the next iteration

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Simple Example   break leaves the loop   int m   0  for int n   0  n  lt  5    n     if n    2       break        m       System out printl  m   m      m 2   continue will go back to start loop   int m   0  for int n   0  n  lt  5    n     if n    2       continue     Go back to start and dont execute m         m       System out printl  m   m      m 4

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so you are inside a for or while loop  Using break  will put you outside of the loop  As in  it will end  Continue  will tell it to run the next iteration    No point in using continue in if statement  but break  is useful   In switch   case  always use break  to end a case  so it does not executes another case

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