How to use goto statement correctly

Question

I am new to java and have been trying to implement goto. The compiler is throwing an error saying

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problems: 
    Syntax error on token "goto", assert expected
    restart cannot be resolved to a variable
at Chapter_3.Lab03_Chapter3.Factorial.main(Factorial.java:28)

Can someone tell me how to properly implement the goto statement or anything that acts like it? 

Answer 1

In Java, you do not have a goto statement. Instead, you have to use the break and continue like this:

public class Main

{

public static void main(String[] args) {

FIRST:

for(int i=0;i<5;i++){

    for(int j=0;j<5;j++){

        if(i==2 && j==3)

        break FIRST;

        else if(i==1 && j==2)

        continue FIRST;

        System.out.println("i: "+i+" j: "+j);

    }

  

}

}

}

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