Call EXIT WHEN to exit a function

    
SQL>
SQL>    CREATE OR REPLACE function exitfunc(p_pass_string VARCHAR2)
  2          RETURN NUMBER IS
  3               v_MYCOUNTER INTEGER := 1;
  4               v_COUNTNOSP NUMBER := 0;
  5     BEGIN
  6          WHILE v_MYCOUNTER <= LENGTH(p_PASS_STRING) LOOP
  7               IF SUBSTR(p_PASS_STRING,v_MYCOUNTER,1) != ' ' THEN
  8                    v_COUNTNOSP := v_COUNTNOSP + 1;
  9               ELSE
 10                   NULL;
 11              END IF;
 12              v_MYCOUNTER := v_MYCOUNTER + 1;
 13              EXIT WHEN SUBSTR(p_PASS_STRING,v_MYCOUNTER,1) = ' ';
 14         END LOOP;
 15         RETURN v_COUNTNOSP ;
 16    END exitfunc;
 17    /

Function created.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL>   DECLARE
  2         v_MYTEXT VARCHAR2(20) := 'THIS IS A TEST';
  3    BEGIN
  4         DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Total count is ' || exitfunc(v_MYTEXT));
  5    END;
  6    /
Total count is 4

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

SQL>
SQL> --

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