Editing Java syntax (section)

====<code>break</code> statement====
The <code>break</code> statement breaks out of the closest loop or <code>switch</code> statement. Execution continues in the statement after the terminated statement, if any.

<syntaxhighlight lang="java">
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    while (true) {
        break;
    }
    // Will break to this point
}
</syntaxhighlight>

It is possible to break out of the outer loop using labels:

<syntaxhighlight lang="java">
outer:
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    while (true) {
        break outer;
    }
}
// Will break to this point
</syntaxhighlight>