break and continue in Java are two essential keyword beginners needs to familiar while using loops ( for loop, while loop and do while loop). break statement in java is used to break the loop and transfers control to the line immediate outside of loop while continue is used to escape current execution and transfers control back to start of the loop. Both break and continue allows programmer to create sophisticated algorithm and looping constructs. In this java tutorial we will see example of break and continue statement in Java and some important points related to breaking the loop using label and break statement. break keyword can also be used inside switch statement to break current choice and if not used it can cause fall-through on switch. Well break is not alone on breaking switch case you can also sued throw keyword on switch case.
This Java tutorial is next in series of articles in looping like 4 ways to loop Map in Java and How to loop on ArrayList in Java. If you are new here and haven’t gone through those articles then you may find them useful.
