Java break Statement to Exit a for Loop

Java Control Statements

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• Java if Statement
• Java Nested if Statement
• Java if-else-if Statement
• Java Switch Case
• Java Switch with String
• Java Nested Switch
• Java Simple for Loop
• Java for each Loop
• Java Nested for Loops
• Java while loop
• Java continue Statement with for Loop
• Java continue in do-while Loop
• Java break to Exit a for Loop
• Java break with Nested Loops

This Java example demonstrates how to use a break statement to exit a for loop in Java with an example.

Using a break to Exit a for Loop

By using a break, you can force immediate termination of a loop, bypassing the conditional expression and any remaining code in the body of the loop. When a break statement is encountered inside a loop, the loop is terminated and program control resumes at the next statement following the loop.

Here is a simple example:

package net.javaguides.corejava.controlstatements.loops;

public class BreakWithForLoop {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
            if (i == 10)
                break; // terminate loop if i is 10
            System.out.println("i: " + i);
        }
        System.out.println("Loop complete.");
    }
}

Output:

i: 0
i: 1
i: 2
i: 3
i: 4
i: 5
i: 6
i: 7
i: 8
i: 9
Loop complete.

As we can see, although the for loop is designed to run from 0 to 99, the break statement causes it to terminate early, when i equals 10.