## Why is this an issue?

Labels are not commonly used in Java, and many developers do not understand how they work. Moreover, their usage makes the control flow harder to follow, which reduces the code’s readability.

### Noncompliant code example

    int matrix[][] = {
      {1, 2, 3},
      {4, 5, 6},
      {7, 8, 9}
    };

    outer: for (int row = 0; row < matrix.length; row++) {   // Non-Compliant
      for (int col = 0; col < matrix[row].length; col++) {
        if (col == row) {
          continue outer;
        }
        System.out.println(matrix[row][col]);                // Prints the elements under the diagonal, i.e. 4, 7 and 8
      }
    }

### Compliant solution

    for (int row = 1; row < matrix.length; row++) {          // Compliant
      for (int col = 0; col < row; col++) {
        System.out.println(matrix[row][col]);                // Also prints 4, 7 and 8
      }
    }