/** BreakContinue.java - Let's experiment with the break and continue * statements in loops. */ public class BreakContinue { public static void main(String [] args) { for (int i = 1; i <= 5; ++i) { System.out.println(i); System.out.println(" before break"); if (i == 3) break; System.out.println(" after break"); } // Just print a couple of blank lines. System.out.println("\n"); // This loop is the same except that 'continue' replaces 'break' for (int i = 1; i <= 5; ++i) { System.out.println(i); System.out.println(" before continue"); if (i == 3) continue; System.out.println(" after continue"); } } } /* Here is the output: 1 before break after break 2 before break after break 3 before break 1 before continue after continue 2 before continue after continue 3 before continue 4 before continue after continue 5 before continue after continue */