public class BreakDemo { public static void main(String[] args) { int[] arrayOfInts = { 32, 87, 3, 589, 12, 1076, 2000, 8, 622, 127 }; int searchfor = 12; int i = 0; boolean foundIt = false; for ( ; i < arrayOfInts.length; i++) { if (arrayOfInts[i] == searchfor) { foundIt = true; break; } } if (foundIt) { System.out.println("Found " + searchfor + " at index " + i); } else { System.out.println(searchfor + "not in the array"); } } }