In this tutorial, we will discuss The break keyword in Java programming language.
the break is a keyword in Java programming language which causes the loop to terminate or to exit execution of for loop, while loop, do-while loop and switch case statements.
When the break statement is used in a loop, the loop terminates immediately during execution.
The syntax of break statements given below
break;
Break in while loop
while(.....){
//loop statements
break;
} break statement how to use while loop
public class Break_Key{
public static void main(String args[]){
int count=1;
while(count<=10)
{
System.out.println(count);
if(count==5){
break;
}
count++;
}
}
}
When the above code is executed, it produces the following results
1 2 3 4 5
Break in for loop
for(.....){
//loop statements
break;
} break statement how to use for loop
public class Break_Key1{
public static void main(String args[]){
int count;
for(count=1; count<=10; count++ )
{
System.out.println(count);
if(count==4){
break;
}
}
}
}
When the above code is executed, it produces the following results
1 2 3 4
Break in switch nstatements
switch(.....){
//case statements 1
break;
//case statements 2
break;
..........
..........
} break statement how to use switch statements
public class SwitchKey{
public static void main(String args[]){
int age=18;
switch(age){
case 1: System.out.println("Baby");
break;
case 5: System.out.println("child");
break;
case 10: System.out.println("boy");
break;
case 15: System.out.println("student");
break;
case 18: System.out.println("teen ager");
break;
default:System.out.println("man");
}
} When the above code is executed, it produces the following results
teen ager
There are other Java language keywords that are similar to this keyword
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