We Use the break statement to terminate a loop, switch, or label statement.

When we use break without a label, it terminates the innermost enclosing while, do-while, for, or switch immediately and transfers control to the following statement.

When we use break with a label, it terminate the specified labeled statement.

The syntax of the break statement looks like this:

1. break;

2. break label;

The continue statement can be used to restart a while, do-while, for, or label statement.

When we use continue without a label, it terminates the current iteration of the innermost enclosing while, do-while or for statement and continues execution of the loop with the next iteration. In contrast to the break statement, continue does not terminates the execution of the loop entirely. In a while loop, it jumps back to the conditions. In a for loop, it jumps to the increment-expression.

When you use continue with a label, it applies to the looping statements identified with that label.

The syntax of the continue statement looks like the following:

1. continue

2. continue label

A statements labeled check i and j contains a statement labeled check j. If continue is encountered, the program terminates the current iteration of check j and begins the next iteration. Each time continue is encountered, check j reiterates until its condition returns false. When false is returned, the remainder of the check i and j statement is completed, and check i and j reiterates until its condition returns false. When false is returned, the program continues at the statement following check i and j. <.p>

If continue had a label of check i and j, the program would continue at the top of the check i and j statement.