Java break Statement

Overview

In this post, we will discuss the Java break statement. Sometimes we may come across situations where we want to skip loops or terminate the loop.

We can use the break statement in all the loops in Java. When a break statement is executed, the loop is terminated and the control is transferred to the next statement outside the loop.

break statement

We can use the break statement to terminate the loop immediately. The control of the program reaches to the next statement after the loop.

Let’s see with an example.

public class BreakDemo {

 public static void main(String[] args) {
 // TODO Auto-generated method stub
 for (int i = 1; i < 100; i++) {
 if (i == 7) {
 break; // The loop will terminate when i reaches 7
 }
 System.out.println("i=" +i);
 } 
 }
}