This question already has answers here: What’s the best way to break from nested loops in JavaScript? (17 answers) Closed 2 years ago. I tried this: for(i = 0; i < 5; i++){ for(j = i + 1; j < 5; j++){ break(2); } alert(1); } only to get: SyntaxError: missing ; before statement So, … Read more
If I have a for loop which is nested within another, how can I efficiently come out of both loops (inner and outer) in the quickest possible way? I don’t want to have to use a boolean and then have to say go to another method, but rather just to execute the first line of … Read more
Is it possible to use the break function to exit several nested for loops? If so, how would you go about doing this? Can you also control how many loops the break exits? 21 Answers 21
This question already has answers here: How to break out of multiple loops? (33 answers) Closed 2 years ago. Is there an easier way to break out of nested loops than throwing an exception? (In Perl, you can give labels to each loop and at least continue an outer loop.) for x in range(10): for … Read more
What’s the best way to break from nested loops in Javascript? //Write the links to the page. for (var x = 0; x < Args.length; x++) { for (var Heading in Navigation.Headings) { for (var Item in Navigation.Headings[Heading]) { if (Args[x] == Navigation.Headings[Heading][Item].Name) { document.write(“<a href=\”” + Navigation.Headings[Heading][Item].URL + “\”>” + Navigation.Headings[Heading][Item].Name + “</a> : … Read more
Given the following code (that doesn’t work): while True: #snip: print out current state while True: ok = get_input(“Is this ok? (y/n)”) if ok.lower() == “y”: break 2 #this doesn’t work 🙁 if ok.lower() == “n”: break #do more processing with menus and stuff Is there a way to make this work? Or do I … Read more
I’ve got a nested loop construct like this: for (Type type : types) { for (Type t : types2) { if (some condition) { // Do something and break… break; // Breaks out of the inner loop } } } Now how can I break out of both loops? I’ve looked at similar questions, but … Read more
Like other answerers, I’d definitely prefer to put the loops in a different method, at which point you can just return to stop iterating completely. This answer just shows how the requirements in the question can be met. You can use break with a label for the outer loop. For example: public class Test { … Read more
