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Entry Controlled Loop: Unfixed Iteration

Learn about the contribution of branching statements on controlling the behavior of a program in this lesson.

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Coding example: 58

The following example deals with another interesting part of code statements, branching statements. By using continue and break keywords, we can control the movement of a loop. First, see the example provided below:

Java
public class ExampleFiftyEight {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Continue statement: ");
        //continue statement tells the control to skip the current statement
        //the loop executes the remaining statement
        for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++){
            if(i == 2){
                continue;
            }
            System.out.println(i);
        }
        System.out.println("Break statement: ");
        for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++){
            if(i == 2){
                break;
                //loop terminates when this condition is true
            }
            System.out.println(i);
        }
    }
}

Code explanation

In the first case, the continue keyword skips a certain value and the loop continues. In the second case, when the iteration matches the exact value, it no longer moves. The loop terminates at that particular point. Look at the output, ...