The break Statement:

The break Statement is used to stop the entire loop (for loop, while loop or do-while) or a switch statement. The break keyword will stop the execution of the innermost loop and start executing the next line of code after the block.

Syntax:

break;

Example:

public class Test {

   public static void main(String args[]) {
      int [] numbers = {10, 20, 30, 40, 50};

      for(int x : numbers ) {
         if( x == 30 ) {
	      break;
         }
         System.out.print( x );
         System.out.print("\n");
      }
   }
}

The continue Statement:

The continue Statement can be used in any of the loop control structures. It causes the loop to immediately jump to the next iteration of the loop.

• In a for loop, the continue keyword causes flow of control to immediately jump to the update statement.
• In a while loop or do/while loop, flow of control immediately jumps to the Boolean expression.

Syntax:

continue;

Example:

public class Test {

   public static void main(String args[]) {
      int [] numbers = {10, 20, 30, 40, 50};

      for(int x : numbers ) {
         if( x == 30 ) {
	      continue;
         }
         System.out.print( x );
         System.out.print("\n");
      }
   }
}