labelled break statement concept from the Java knowledge base

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labelled break statement

subject fact

labelled break statement has example
//Without the label the break statement would exit the inner loop and resume execution with the outer loop
out:
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
while (x < 50) {
if (i * x++ > 400) {
break out;
}
//inner loop here
}
//outer loop here
}
added by: JK, source: Teach Yourself Java 2 in 21 Days, 2001-10-19 11:37:15.0
is a subtopic of Loops and Decision Making
is a kind of break statement

break statement causes execution to immediately halt the current loop 2001-10-19 11:36:12.0
has purpose to terminate a loop or switch-case statement 2001-10-19 11:36:13.0
see also break

statement is terminated by a semicolon 2001-10-19 11:37:57.0
should be not more than one line long if possible

syntactic unit has syntax rule
bold = mandatory
italic = non-terminal
normal font = optional
2001-10-19 11:38:04.0

labelled break statement	has example //Without the label the break statement would exit the inner loop and resume execution with the outer loop out: for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { while (x < 50) { if (i * x++ > 400) { break out; } //inner loop here } //outer loop here }
	is a subtopic of Loops and Decision Making
	is a kind of break statement
break statement	causes execution to immediately halt the current loop
	has purpose to terminate a loop or switch-case statement
	see also break
statement	is terminated by a semicolon
statement	should be not more than one line long if possible
syntactic unit	has syntax rule bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional