break instruction

[fazek]

I've tried to use the break keyword inside of loops and it seems break cannot abort the loop conditionally. I think it's because the if..end is also a code block for the break command:

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while (condition1)
    ...
    if (condition2)
        break            //break here
    end
    //break continues here
    ...
end
//and not here

Is this a real thing? Maybe I've missed something, is there a way to break the loop like in other languages?
If this is not possible, I may have an idea: add an optional argument for the break command, to jump through a given number of end statements. This is compatible with the previous behaviour and it's even better than the solutions of many other languages (it can jump out from embedded loops).

I mean this:

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while (condition1)
    ...
    if (condition2)
        break 2           //break here
    end
    ...
end
//break continues here

[Mike]

I think you will have to forget using the 'break' instruction

[schwarzgrau]

Is there some workaround to abort the loop ?

[Svengali]

Is there some workaround to abort the loop ?

Using an "EXITFLAG" will do it...

Sven

[schwarzgrau]

Thank you again Sven