Understanding Break and Continue Statement in Java using Eclipse IDE
In this tutorial, you will learn the following:
- Break Statement: The Break statement is used when you want code execution to move out of a code block and unto the next line, this is mostly used to exit loops,if statements when a certain condition is met.
- Continue Statement: On the other hand, the continue statement is used to skip a particular condition, it tells code execution to ignore the rest of the codes in the code block and start all over again.
You would need the following inorder to following this tutorial:
- An Integrated Development Environment(IDE) installed that can run Java (e.g Netbeans, Eclipse)
- JDK 1.X installed on your Pc
- Of course willingness to learn
Difficulty
- Intermediate
Description
In this tutorial, the break and continue statement is used in a for loop to print numbers ranging from 1 - 10. The break statment is used to exit the loop when the number 9 is reach and then the number 5 is ignored using the continue statement.
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Tutorial codes can be gotten from this github repository: https://github.com/generalkolo/Javacodes
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