How to use break statement in Javascript
Description
The break statement breaks out of the loop,
forcing execution to continue with the next statement
after the loop.
Example
var num = 0;
for (var i=1; i < 10; i++) {
if (i % 5 == 0) { /*from w ww .j av a 2s.c o m*/
break;
}
num++;
}
console.log(num); //4
The code above generates the following result.
Example 2
breaks to outer most loop
var num = 0;
outermost: // ww w .j a v a2 s. c o m
for (var i=0; i < 10; i++) {
for (var j=0; j < 10; j++) {
if (i == 5 && j == 5) {
break outermost;
}
num++;
}
}
console.log(num); //55
The code above generates the following result.
