Java Goto

1. Java Keyword label With the Keyword Break
2. Java Keyword label With the Keyword continue

Unlike other programming languages, Java does not have goto. Instead, Java contains the keyword label.

The keyword label is to change a program’s flow and jump to another section of the program based on the specified condition.

As we know, two basic keywords, break and continue, are used to change the direction of a loop. If you are working with loops, the keyword continue will skip a specific part of code inside your loop based on the condition and the keyword break will take you to program out of the loop based on the specific condition.

The keyword label is only useful before the nested loop statements. You can also use the specified label name by combining the break and continue keywords.

In this article, we are going to see how we can use the keyword label in our Java program and also we are going to discuss the topic by using necessary examples and explanations to make the topic easier.

Java Keyword label With the Keyword Break

In our example below, we will learn how to use label in our Java program. The example is very simple.

The code will be as follows:

class JavaGoto {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
  end:
    for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++) {
      if (i == 5) {
        break end;
      }
      System.out.println("Current number is: " + i);
    }
  }
}