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There's no C++ construct for breaking out of the loop in this case. Either use a flag to interrupt the loop or (if appropriate) extract your code into a function and use return .
The Java break statement is used to break loop or switch statement. It breaks the current flow of the program at specified condition. In case of inner loop, it breaks only inner loop. We can use Java break statement in all types of loops such as for loop, while loop and do-while loop.
You can use the break statement to end processing of a particular labeled statement within the switch statement. It branches to the end of the switch statement. Without break , the program continues to the next labeled statement, executing the statements until a break or the end of the statement is reached.
You can label your while loop, and break the labeled loop, which should be like this:
loop: while(sc.hasNextInt()){
typing = sc.nextInt();
switch(typing){
case 0:
break loop;
case 1:
System.out.println("You choosed 1");
break;
case 2:
System.out.println("You choosed 2");
break;
default:
System.out.println("No such choice");
}
}
And the label can be any word you want, for example "loop1".
You need a boolean variable e.g. shouldBreak.
boolean shouldBreak = false;
switch(typing){
case 0:
shouldBreak = true;
break; //Here I want to break the while loop
case 1:
System.out.println("You choosed 1");
break;
case 2:
System.out.println("You choosed 2");
break;
default:
System.out.println("No such choice");
}
if (shouldBreak) break;
Put the while inside a function and when you press 0 instead of break just return. For example :
import java.util.*;
public class Test{
private static int typing;
public static void main(String argv[]){
Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
func(sc);
System.out.println("Test is done");
}
}
public static void func(Scanner sc) {
System.out.println("Testing starts");
while(sc.hasNextInt()){
typing = sc.nextInt();
switch(typing){
case 0:
return; //Here I want to break the while loop
case 1:
System.out.println("You choosed 1");
break;
case 2:
System.out.println("You choosed 2");
break;
default:
System.out.println("No such choice");
}
}
}
}
How to terminate inner menu ?
Example Code :
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in); //used to get input
int option1, option2 = 0;
boolean loop_terminate = true; //flag used to terminate inner while loop
//Main Menu
while (true) {
//Main Menu options
System.out.println("1.Option 1");
System.out.println("2.Option 2");
System.out.println("3.Option 3");
System.out.println("4.Option 4");
System.out.println("5.Exit main menu");
System.out.print("Please enter your choice : ");
option1 = input.nextInt();
switch (option1) {
case 1:
//do something here
break;
case 2:
//do something here
break;
case 3:
while (loop_terminate) {
//Inner menu options
System.out.println("1.Inner Menu option 1");
System.out.println("2.Inner Menu option 2");
System.out.println("3.Inner Menu option 3");
System.out.println("4.Return to Main Menu");
System.out.print("Please enter your choice : ");
option2 = input.nextInt();
switch (option2) {
case 1:
break;
case 2:
break;
case 3:
break;
case 4:
loop_terminate = false; //this will terminate inner menu
break;
default:
System.out.println("Invalid option");
break;
}
}
break; //never forget to add this break statement
case 4:
break;
case 5:
return; //terminate outer menu
default:
System.out.println("Invalid option");
}
}
}
}
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