BCA : 5TH SEM
BC-504 : FUNDAMENTALS OF JAVA PROGRAMMING
RAM GOPAL GUPTA
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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UNIT-1
CONTROL STRUCTURES IN JAVA
3. Jump statements
Break Statement
When a break statement is encountered inside a loop, the loop is immediately terminated and the
program control resumes at the next statement following the loop.
The Java break statement is used to break loop or switch statement. It breaks the current flow of the
program at specified condition. In case of inner loop, it breaks only inner loop.
We can use Java break statement in all types of loops such as for loop, while loop and do-while
loop.
Syntax:
jump-statement;
break;
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Example:
1. //Java Program to demonstrate the use of break statement
2. //inside the for loop.
3. public class BreakExample {
4. public static void main(String[] args) {
5. //using for loop
6. for(int i=1;i<=10;i++){
7. if(i==5){
8. //breaking the loop
9. break;
10. }
11. [Link](i);
12. }
13. }
14. }
Example:
1. public class SwitchExample {
2. public static void main(String[] args) {
3. //Declaring a variable for switch expression
4. int number=20;
5. //Switch expression
6. switch(number){
7. //Case statements
8. case 10: [Link]("10");
9. break;
10. case 20: [Link]("20");
11. break;
12. case 30: [Link]("30");
13. break;
14. //Default case statement
15. default:[Link]("Not in 10, 20 or 30");
16. }
17. }
18. }
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Continue Statement
The continue statement is used in loop control structure when you need to jump to the next iteration
of the loop immediately. It can be used with for loop or while loop.
The Java continue statement is used to continue the loop. It continues the current flow of the
program and skips the remaining code at the specified condition. In case of an inner loop, it
continues the inner loop only.
We can use Java continue statement in all types of loops such as for loop, while loop and do-while
loop.
Syntax:
jump-statement;
continue;
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Example:
1. //Java Program to demonstrate the use of continue statement
2. //inside the for loop.
3. public class ContinueExample {
4. public static void main(String[] args) {
5. //for loop
6. for(int i=1;i<=10;i++){
7. if(i==5){
8. //using continue statement
9. continue;//it will skip the rest statement
10. }
11. [Link](i);
12. }
13. }
14. }
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Return Statement
The return statement is used to explicitly return from a method. That is, it causes a program control
to transfer back to the caller of the method.
Syntax:
jump-statement;
return;
Example:
//Java Program to demonstrate the use of return statement
public class ReturnExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
//for loop
boolean t=true;
[Link](“before the return.”);
if(t){
//using return statement
return; // Compiler will bypass every statement after return
}
[Link](“This won’t execute”);
}
}
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