Java™ How To Program (Early Objects), Tenth Edition

break Statement

The break statement, when executed in a while, for, do...while or switch, causes immediate exit from that statement. Execution continues with the first statement after the control statement. Common uses of the break statement are to escape early from a loop or to skip the remainder of a switch (as in Fig. 5.9). Figure 5.13 demonstrates a break statement exiting a for.

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 1   // Fig. 5.13: BreakTest.java 2   // break statement exiting a for statement. 3   public class BreakTest 4   { 5      public static void main(String[] args) 6      { 7         int count; // control variable also used after loop terminates 8  9         for (count = 1; count <= 10; count++) // loop 10 times10         {11             ...