labelled break

[Cameron Park]

Hi, I have a question about labelled break.

 
mainloop: for(int i = 0; i < array.length; i++){
   for(int j = 0; j < array[i].length; j++){
       if(array[i].secondArray[j]=='\u0000'){
            break mainlooop;
        }
   }
}

does the flow of the program leaves the "j for loop" and go to the "i for loop" with i incremented? If that is the case, what's the difference between a labelled continue and a labelled break?

mainloop: for(int i = 0; i < array.length; i++){
   for(int j = 0; j < array[i].length; j++){
      if(array[i].secondArray[j]=='\u0000'){
           continue mainlooop;
       }
    }
}

(edited by Cindy to format code)
[This message has been edited by Cindy Glass (edited August 21, 2001).]

[David Weitzman]

When you 'break' out of a loop, the loop is history. Breaking out of mainloop above means you finish that code. 'continue' just goes to the next iteration.