A break statement is used to exit any conditional statement. It terminates the loop immediately, and program control moves to the next statement.
Syntax
break;
Use case demonstrating break statement with while loop
public class Sample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
//while loop
int i = 1;
while (i <= 10) {
if (i == 5) {
//using break statement
break;//it will break the loop
}
System.out.println(i);
i++;
}
}
}
Output:
1
2
3
4
Use case demonstrating break statement with for loop and inner loop
If the break statement is used in the inner loop only it will exit the inner loops
public class Sample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
//using for loop
for (int i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {
if (i == 6) {
//breaking the loop
break;
}
System.out.println(i);
}
}
}
Output:
1
2
3
4
5
Use case demonstrating break statement with switch case
Break keyword is used to break the switch block and avoid execution of the rest of the code
public class Usecase {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int x = 2;
switch (x) {
case 1:
System.out.println("value of x is 1");
break;
case 2:
System.out.println("value of x is 2");
break;
default:
System.out.println("value of x is 0");
}
}
}
Output:
value of x is 2
