Name Rascal/Statements/Break

Synopsis End the execution of a while, do or for loop.

Syntax break;

Description A break statement is only allowed inside the body of a While, Do or For statement and is associated with the innermost loop statement in which it is contained. Its effect is to end the execution of the loop.

Also see Continue and Fail.

Examples Here is an example using break to find the first number divisible by 3:

rascal>import IO;
ok
rascal>for(int i <- [1 .. 10]){
>>>>>>>    if(i % 3 == 0){
>>>>>>>       println("i = <i> is divisible by 3");
>>>>>>>       break;
>>>>>>>    }
>>>>>>>}
i = 3 is divisible by 3
list[void]: []

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