Break statement inside two while loops
It will break only the most immediate while loop. Using a label you can break out of both loops: take a look at this example taken from here
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
outerloop:
for (int i=0; i < 5; i++) {
for (int j=0; j < 5; j++) {
if (i * j > 6) {
System.out.println("Breaking");
break outerloop;
}
System.out.println(i + " " + j);
}
}
System.out.println("Done");
}
}
In your example break statement will take you out of while(b) loop
while(a) {
while(b) {
if(b == 10) {
break;
}
}
// break will take you here.
}