"break" is the java keyword used to terminate the program execution within a block of code that immediately comes to the currently enclosing block.

The break Keyword

     

"break" is the java keyword used to terminate the program execution within a block of code that immediately comes to the currently enclosing block. 

In other word we can say that break keyword is used to prematurely exit a for, while, or do loop or to mark the end of a case block in a switch statement. Also break keyword is used for terminate a loop. The break always exits an innermost enclosing while, for, do or switch statement.

The break statement is used to stop a loop for any reason and also the condition.

Examples: following example searches through an array for a particular value.

switch (n) { case 0: System.out.println("ram");  break; case 3:  case 5:  case 7: System.out.println(n + " good");  break; case 2: System.out.println(n + " not");  case 4:  case 6:  case 8: System.out.println(n + " work hard");  break; case 1:  case 9: System.out.println(n + "ill");  break; default: System.out.println("ram is work hard.");  break;

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