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

If it's a new implementation, you can try rewriting the logic as if-else_if-else statements.

while(keep_going) {

    if(keep_going && condition_one_holds) {
        // Code
    }
    if(keep_going && condition_two_holds) {
        // Code
    }
    if(keep_going && condition_three_holds) {
        // Code
    }
    if(keep_going && something_goes_really_bad) {
        keep_going=false;
    }
    if(keep_going && condition_four_holds) {
        // Code
    }
    if(keep_going && condition_five_holds) {
        // Code
    }
}

Otherwise you can try setting a flag when that special condition has occured and check for that flag in each of your loop-conditions.

something_bad_has_happened = false;
while(something is true && !something_bad_has_happened){
    // Code, things happen
    while(something else && !something_bad_has_happened){
        // Lots of code, things happens
        if(something happened){
            -> Then control should be returned ->
            something_bad_has_happened=true;
            continue;
        }
    }
    if(something_bad_has_happened) { // The things below will not be executed
        continue;
    }

    // Other things may happen here as well, but they will not be executed
    //  once control is returned from the inner cycle.
}

HERE! So, while a simple break will not work, it can be made to work using continue.

If you are simply porting the logic from one programming language to Java and just want to get the thing working you can try using labels.