breaking out of while loop

[mac]

suppose your code looks like this:

while ((currentInputLine = br.readLine()) != null) {
 for (i=0; i< 35; i++) {
      if (i == 13) {
        // at this point i need to breakout of for loop AND move onto the next line in while loop.

     }
  }
}

[m00nchile]

If there is no code after the for loop, breaking out of the for loop would mean you proceed to the next while loop iteration. If there is code after the for loop, I'd suggest moving the for loop into a separate method, that returns a boolean, then you can have a continue statement inside the while loop.

void method1() {
  while(some condition) {
    if(method2()) continue;
    rest of code
  }
}

boolean method2() {
  for(int i = 0; i < blabla; i++) {
    if(some condition) return true;
    rest of code
  }
  return false;
}

If the for loop in method 2 runs it's course, the rest of code in the while loop will execute, but if the break condition inside the for loop in method 2 occurs, the rest of the code in the while loop will not execute.

[xerberuz]

outer_loop: while (true)
      {
         for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
         {
            if (i == 4)
            {
               continue outer_loop;
            }
            else
            {
               System.out.println(i);
            }
         }
      }

It's similar to goto in other languages. In java it will only work for nested loops.

IMHO this is a ugly solution, but it works. So this should be used rarely.

If there is no other code in the while loop a simple break will do the trick.

[StormyWaters]

You could always just use a break...

while ((currentInputLine = br.readLine()) != null) {
     for (i=0; i< 35; i++) {
          if (i == 13) {
               break;// at this point i need to breakout of for loop AND move onto the next line in while loop.
          }
     }
}

[m00nchile]

Goto solutions should be avoided, and to StormyWaters, I think the OP has code after the inner for loop as well, but I did cover that eventuality in my post too.

[StormyWaters]

Oops, sorry didn't see the AND in there, guess I was oversimplifying the problem