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Java Control statements :

The Java control statements inside a program are usually executed sequentially. Sometimes a programmer wants to break the normal flow and jump to another statement or execute a set of statements repeatedly.
Control statements in java which breaks the normal sequential flow of the program are called control statements.
Control statements in java enables decision making, looping and branching.

Decision making statements:

These statements decides the flow of the execution based on some conditions.

If then
If then else
switch

Loops Control statement:

Loop control statements change execution from its normal sequence.
When execution leaves a scope, all automatic objects that were created in that scope are destroyed.

Statements inside a loop are executed repeatedly provided with some condition which terminates the loop.

for – For loop executes a set of statements repeatedly until a specified condition evaluates to false.
while & do while – Do while loop is similar to that of the while loop except that the condition is evaluated at the end of the loop in do-while whereas in while loop, it is evaluated before entering into the loop.

Branching statements:

Branching statements are used to jump from the current executing loop.

break – Terminates the loop or switch statement and transfers execution to the statement immediately following the loop or switch.

Example For Break statement :

class breakTest 
{ 
    public static void main(String args[]) 
    {        
        for (int j = 0; j &lt; 5; j++) 
        { 
            // come out of loop when i is 4. 
            if (j == 4) 
                break;  
            System.out.println(j); 
        } 
        System.out.println("After loop"); 
    } 
}

class breakTest

{

public static void main(String args[])

{

for (int j = 0; j < 5; j++)

{

// come out of loop when i is 4.

if (j == 4)

break;

System.out.println(j);

}

System.out.println("After loop");

}

Output:

0
1
2
3
4
After loop

After loop

continue – Causes the loop to skip the remainder of its body and immediately retest its condition prior to reiterating.

Example for Continue statement:

class continueTest 
{ 
    public static void main(String args[]) 
    { 
        for (int j = 0; j &lt; 10; j++) 
        { 
            // If the number is odd then bypass and continue with next value
            if (j%2 != 0) 
                continue; 
            // only even numbers will be printed
            System.out.print(j + " "); 
        } 
    } 
}

class continueTest

{

public static void main(String args[])

{

for (int j = 0; j < 10; j++)

{

// If the number is odd then bypass and continue with next value

if (j%2 != 0)

continue;

// only even numbers will be printed

System.out.print(j + " ");

}

Output:

0 2 4 6 8

0 2 4 6 8

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