Nested for Loops in Java

Terminates the nearest enclosing loop or switch statement.

Terminates a specific outer loop identified by a label.

Used inside for, while, do-while, or switch.

Used with a label attached to a loop.

Control exits only one loop level.

Control can exit multiple nested loops at once.

Simple syntax: break;

Syntax: break <labelName>;

Commonly used in single loops or switch cases.

Useful when working with nested loops.

break statement is used to take the control out of the loop control structure immediately enclosing it.

Labelled break statement transfers program control out of the code block whose label is specified as its target.

For example,
for (int i = 1; i <= 3; i++)
  {
     for(int j = 1; j <= 2; j++)
       {
          if (i == 2)
           {
               break;
           }
              System.out.println("Iteration value of inner loop: " + j);
      }
     System.out.println();
  }

For example,
outer:
for (int i = 1; i <= 3; i++)
   {
      for(int j = 1; j <= 2; j++)
        {
           if (i == 2)
             {
                 System.out.println("Terminating the Outer-loop");
                  break outer;
             }
       System.out.println("i =" + i +" ; j =" + j);
  }

Skips the current iteration of the nearest loop.

Skips the current iteration of a specified outer loop.

Control moves to the next iteration of the same loop.

Control jumps to the next iteration of the labelled loop.

Used without labels.

Used with labels.

Syntax: continue;

Syntax: continue <labelName>;

Works within a single loop.

Mainly used in nested loops.

continue statement is used to skip the current iteration of a loop and move on to the next iteration.

A labelled continue statement skips the current iteration of an outer loop by using a label before the loop and including the same label in continue statement.

For example,
for (int i = 0; i <= 3; i++)
  {
     System.out.println("i =" + i);
     for(int j = 0; j < 3; j++)
       {
           if (i == 2)
             {
                continue;
             }
           System.out.print("j = " + j + " ");
       }
   System.out.println();
}

For example,
outerLoop:
for (int i = 0; i <= 3; i++)
  {
     for(int j = 0; j < 3; j++)
       {
          if (i == 2)
            {
               continue outerLoop;
               System.out.println("i =" + i +" ; j =" + j);
            }
        }
  }