How do I break out of nested loops in Java?

Question

I\'ve got a nested loop construct like this:

for (Type type : types) {
    for (Type t : types2) {
         if (some condition) {
             // Do somethin         


        

Answer 1

You can use a temporary variable:

boolean outerBreak = false;
for (Type type : types) {
   if(outerBreak) break;
    for (Type t : types2) {
         if (some condition) {
             // Do something and break...
             outerBreak = true;
             break; // Breaks out of the inner loop
         }
    }
}

Depending on your function, you can also exit/return from the inner loop:

for (Type type : types) {
    for (Type t : types2) {
         if (some condition) {
             // Do something and break...
             return;
         }
    }
}