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Please explain the usage of Labeled Statements

JLS 14.7 Labeled statements (edited for clarity) Statements may have label prefixes (Identifier : Statement). The Identifier is declared to be the label of the immediately contained Statement. Unlike C and C++, the Java programming language has no goto statement; identifier statement labels are used with break (§14.15) or continue (§14.16) statements appearing anywhere within … Read more

“loop:” in Java code. What is this, and why does it compile?

It is not a keyword it is a label. Usage: label1: for (; ; ) { label2: for (; ; ) { if (condition1) { // break outer loop break label1; } if (condition2) { // break inner loop break label2; } if (condition3) { // break inner loop break; } } } Documentation.