purpose of break statement in java code example

Example 1: break java

//Conclusion
        break == jump out side the loop
        continue == next loop cycle
        return == return the method/end the method.
          
  for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
      System.out.println(i +"");
      if(i == 3){
        break;
        
      }
    }
  System.out.println("finish!");
/* Output
0
1
2
3
finish!
*/

Example 2: how to break out for loop java

//Java Program to demonstrate the use of break statement    
//inside the for loop.  
public class BreakExample {  
public static void main(String[] args) {  
    //using for loop  
    for(int i=1;i<=10;i++){  
        if(i==5){  
            //breaking the loop  
            break;  
        }  
        System.out.println(i);  
    }  
}  
}

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