Does the break statement break out of loops or onl

Question

In the following code, does the break statement break out of the if statement only or out of the for loop too?

I need it to break out of the loop too.

for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
    if (i == temp)
        // do something
    else {
        temp = i;
        break;
    }
}

Answer 1

That would break out of the for loop. In fact break only makes sense when talking about loops, since they break from the loop entirely, while continue only goes to the next iteration.

Answer 2

An unlabelled break only breaks out of the enclosing switch, for, while or do-while construct. It does not take if statements into account.

See http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/branch.html for more details.

Answer 3

It breaks the loop, but why not explicitly put the condition in the for itself? It would be more readable and you would not have to write the if statement at all

(if i==temp then temp = i is totally pointless)

Answer 4

break is to break out of any loop.

Answer 5

It will break out of the loop always.

Answer 6

Break never refers to if/else statements. It only refers to loops (if/while) and switch statements.