Unlike [C++](https://www.educative.io/answers/what-is-the-goto-statement-in-c-cpp), Java does not support the `goto` statement. Instead, it has **`label`**. Labels are used to change the flow of the program and jump to a specific instruction or label based on a condition. The following illustration may help you to better understand what a label is.


# Break and continue
`break` and `continue` are the two reserved key-words that instruct a program to change its workflow. As the name suggests, the **`continue`** statement instructs the program counter to stay in the flow of the program and causes the control flow to go to the next iteration of the loop; thus, skipping over the remainder of the loop body. The `continue` statement does not come out of the scope of the `label`.

The **`break`** statement instructs the program counter to jump out of the innermost enclosing loop of a statement. The remaining iterations of the loop are not executed. This is used to come out of the scope of the `label` immediately.

# `continue` code
The following code skips when printing number $3$.

class myClass {
    public static void main( String args[] ) {
      label:
      for (int i=0;i<6;i++)
      {
        if (i==3)
        {
          continue label; //skips 3
        }
        System.out.println(i);
      }
    }
}

# `break` code
The following code does not print any number that comes after $2$.

class myClass {
    public static void main( String args[] ) {
      label:
      for (int i=0;i<6;i++)
      {
        if (i==3)
        {
          break label; // exits the loop when it reaches 3
        }
        System.out.println(i);
      }
    }
}

Goto in Java 

Unlike C++, Java does not support the goto statement. Instead, it has label. Labels are used to change the flow of the program and jump to a specific instruction or label based on a condition. The following illustration may help you to better understand what a label is. 

Goto in Java

Break and continue

continue code

break code

`continue` code

`break` code