Living without continue and break

A while loop in java, with continue and break:

int i = 0; // This is Java
boolean foundIt = false;
while (i < args.length) {
    if (args[i].startsWith("-")) {
        i = i + 1;
        continue;
    }
    if (args[i].endsWith(".scala")) {
        foundIt = true;
        break;
    }
    i = i + 1;
}

Equivalent Scala code:

var i = 0
var foundIt = false
while (i < args.length && !foundIt) {
  if (!args(i).startsWith("-")) {
    if (args(i).endsWith(".scala"))
      foundIt = true
  }
  i = i + 1
}

Or you can do it in a recursive manner:

def searchFrom(i: Int): Int =
  if (i >= args.length) -1
  else if (args(i).startsWith("-")) searchFrom(i + 1)
  else if (args(i).endsWith(".scala")) i
  else searchFrom(i + 1)
val i = searchFrom(0)