break statement in java

The break statement in Java programming language has the following two usages:

1. When the break statement is encountered inside a loop, the loop is immediately terminated and program control resumes at the next statement following the loop.
2. It can be used to terminate a case in the switch statement (covered in the next chapter).

Syntax:

The syntax of a break is a single statement inside any loop:

break;

Flow Diagram

Example:

public class Test {

   public static void main(String args[]) {
      int [] numbers = {10, 20, 30, 40, 50};

      for(int x : numbers ) {
         if( x == 30 ) {
       break;
         }
         System.out.print( x );
         System.out.print("\n");
      }
   }
}

This would produce the following result:

10
20