May 20, 2009 · Technically the correct answer is to label the outer loop. In practice if you want to exit at any point inside an inner loop then you would be better off externalizing the code into a method (a static method if needs be) and then call it.

Mar 7, 2013 · break; is what you need to break out of any looping statement like for, while or do-while. In your case, its going to be like this:- for(int x = 10; x < 20; x++) { // The below condition can be present before or after your sysouts, depending on your needs.

Dec 10, 2016 · To exit a while loop, use Break; This will not allow to loop to process any conditions that are placed inside, make sure to have this inside the loop, as you cannot place it outside the loop Share Improve this answer

The "break" command does not work within an "if" statement. If you remove the "break" command from your code and then test the code, you should find that the code works exactly the same without a "break" command as with one. "Break" is designed for use inside loops (for, while, do-while, enhanced for and switch).

Jan 20, 2009 · Loop Label - Break Statement You can use labels within nested loops by specifying where you want execution to continue after breaking out of an inner loop. Normally, the break statement will only break out of the innermost loop so when you want to break out of an outer loop, you can use labels to accomplish this, essentially doing something ...

Sep 10, 2011 · I'm new into JAVA and I'm not sure how to break a the DO WHILE loop that I use in my code below? I thought I could enter -1 to break or all other numbers to continue the loop. import javax.swing.*;

The OP asked "how to break from forEach()" and this is an answer. I fully agree that this should not be used to control the business logic. However I can imagine some useful use cases, like that a connection to a resource suddenly not available in the middle of forEach() or so, for which using exception is not bad practice.

Nov 11, 2010 · The break statement has no effect on if statements. It only works on switch, for, while and do loops. So in your example the break would terminate the for loop. See this section and this section of the Java tutorial.

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Break: Break statement will break the nearest loop or conditional statement and transfers the control to the statement that follows the terminated statement. Return: Return statement will break the execution of the method in which it appears and …