Question

I have a for loop that I want to exit like this:

function MyFunction() {
  for (var i = 0; i < SomeCondition; i++) {
     if (i === SomeOtherCondition) {
        // Do some work here.
        return false;
     }
  }
  // Execute the following code after breaking out of the for loop above.
  SomeOtherFunction();
}

The problem is that after the // Do some work here. statements executes, I want to exit the for loop but still want to execute the code below the whole for loop (everything below // Execute the following code after breaking out of the for loop above.).

The return false statement does exit the for loop but it also exits the whole function. How do I fix this?

Answer 1

You’re looking for the break statement.