Java Tutorial - Break and Continue inside While Loop

This Java code defines a class called "Main" that contains a main method. The main method initializes an integer variable "x" with a value of 0. 

public class Main {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		
		int x = 0;
		
		while (x < 10) {
			if (x == 5) {
				x++;
				continue;
			}
			System.out.println(x);
			x++;
		}		
		
		/*int x = 0;
		
		while (x < 10) {
			System.out.println(x);
			x++;
			if (x == 5) {				
				break;
			}
		}*/
		 
	}	
}

Inside the method, there is a while loop that checks if the value of "x" is less than 10. If this condition is true, the statements within the loop are executed.

Inside the while loop, there is an if statement that checks if the value of "x" is equal to 5. If this condition is true, the "continue" keyword is executed, which skips the remaining statements in the loop and immediately proceeds to the next iteration of the loop, incrementing the value of "x" in the process.

If the condition in the if statement is false, the print statement within the loop is executed, which prints the value of "x" to the console, and "x" is incremented by 1.

The output of this code, as written, would be: 

0
1
2
3
4
6
7
8
9

Notice that the value 5 is skipped due to the "continue" statement within the loop.

At the end of the code, there is commented out code that performs a similar task using a while loop and a "break" statement instead of "continue".

This code initializes "x" to 0 and executes a while loop that prints the value of "x" to the console and increments "x" by 1 until "x" is equal to 5.

When "x" is equal to 5, the loop is terminated prematurely with a "break" statement. If you were to uncomment this code and run the program, the output would be: 

0
1
2
3
4