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

It also goes out of the loop.

You can also use labeled breaks that can break out of outer loops (and arbitrary code blocks).

looplbl: for(int i=;i<;i++){

    if (i == temp)
        // do something
    else {
        temp = i;
        break looplbl;
    }
}

Answer 2

Generally break statement breaks out of loops (for, while, and do...while) and switch statements.

In Java there are 2 variant of break.

1. Labeled break

It break outs of the outer loop where you put the lable.

breakThis: for(...){
   for(...){
      ... 
      break breakThis;  // breaks the outer for loop
   }
}

2. Unlabeled break

It is the statement you used in your question.

It breaks the loop in which it is written. Generally inner loop.