Break and Continue

Break:

Break statement terminates the loop as soon as it executes. The break statement will break all kind of loops(for, while, do-while and enhanced for loop) and switch statements.

for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
     if (i == 2) {
         break;
     }
     System.out.println(i);
}OUTPUT:
01

Note:
In the above example loop starts run form i value equals to 0 and get break when i value becomes 2. After break loop will not be executing any statement inside loop.

Continue:

Continue statement will allow loop to jump to the next iteration. The continue statement will be applicable for all kind of loops(for, while, do-while and enhanced for loop).

for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
     if (i == 2) {
         continue;
     }
     System.out.println(i);
}OUTPUT:01

Note:

In the above example loop starts run form i value equals to 0 and print value of i. When i value becomes 2 the loop gets jump to the next iteration and don’t print value of i.

Difference between Break and Continue