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ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference > ActionScript language elements > Statements > break statement

break statement

break

Appears within a loop (for , for..in, do..while or while) or within a block of statements associated with a particular case within a switch statement. When used in a loop, the break statement instructs Flash to skip the rest of the loop body, stop the looping action, and execute the statement following the loop statement. When used in a switch, the break statement instructs Flash to skip the rest of the statements in that case block and jump to the first statement following the enclosing switch statement.

In nested loops, the break statement only skips the rest of the immediate loop and does not break out of the entire series of nested loops. For breaking out of an entire series of nested loops, see try..catch..finally.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 4

Example

The following example uses the break statement to exit an otherwise infinite loop:

var i:Number = 0;
while (true) { 
 trace(i); 
 if (i >= 10) { 
 break; // this will terminate/exit the loop 
 } 
 i++; 
} 

which traces the following output:

0 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10

See also

for statement

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