Java How to Program, Early Objects, 11th Edition

... "%nBroke out of loop at count = %d%n", count);
16     }
17  }

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Broke out of loop at count = 5

break statement exiting a for statement.

5.8.2 continue Statement

The continue statement, when executed in a while, for or do…while, skips the remaining statements in the loop body and proceeds with the next iteration of the loop. In while and do…while statements, the program evaluates the loop-continuation test immediately after the continue statement executes. In a for statement, the increment expression executes, then the program evaluates the loop-continuation test.

Figure 5.14 uses continue (line 7) to skip the statement at line 10 when the nested if determines that count’s value is 5. When the continue statement executes, program control continues ...