{"id":5644,"date":"2024-03-14T03:07:25","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T03:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-difference-between-continue-and-break-in-java\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T17:48:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:48:32","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-continue-and-break-in-java","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-difference-between-continue-and-break-in-java\/","title":{"rendered":"Java Break vs Continue: Key Differences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Java, continue and break are two types of control flow statements with different functionalities.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>rupture<\/li>\n<li>Interrupt the continuous course of action.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">for<\/span> (<span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-variable\">i<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>; i &lt; <span class=\"hljs-number\">10<\/span>; i++) {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span> (i == <span class=\"hljs-number\">5<\/span>) {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">break<\/span>;\r\n    }\r\n    System.out.println(i);\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The code above will output:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>0\r\n1\r\n2\r\n3\r\n4\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>Keep going<\/li>\n<li>keep going<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">for<\/span> (<span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-variable\">i<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>; i &lt; <span class=\"hljs-number\">10<\/span>; i++) {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span> (i == <span class=\"hljs-number\">5<\/span>) {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">continue<\/span>;\r\n    }\r\n    System.out.println(i);\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The code above will output:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>0\r\n1\r\n2\r\n3\r\n4\r\n6\r\n7\r\n8\r\n9\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Summary:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The &#8220;break&#8221; statement is used to immediately exit the innermost loop or switch statement.<\/li>\n<li>The use of &#8220;continue&#8221; allows skipping the remaining code in the current iteration and moving directly to the next iteration.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Java, continue and break are two types of control flow statements with different functionalities. rupture Interrupt the continuous course of action. for (int i = 0; i &lt; 10; i++) { if (i == 5) { break; } System.out.println(i); } The code above will output: 0 1 2 3 4 Keep going keep going [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6293,6283,6284,2682,180],"class_list":["post-5644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-java-break","tag-java-continue","tag-java-control-flow","tag-java-loops","tag-java-programming"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Java Break vs Continue: Key Differences - Blog - Silicon Cloud<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn the key differences between Java break and continue statements with clear examples. 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