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break(n)                                    Tcl Built-In Commands                                   break(n)



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NAME
       break - Abort looping command

SYNOPSIS
       break
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DESCRIPTION
       This  command  is  typically  invoked  inside the body of a looping command such as for or foreach or
       while.  It returns a TCL_BREAK code, which causes a break exception to occur.  The  exception  causes
       the  current script to be aborted out to the innermost containing loop command, which then aborts its
       execution and returns normally.  Break exceptions are also handled in a few other situations, such as
       the catch command, Tk event bindings, and the outermost scripts of procedure bodies.

EXAMPLE
       Print a line for each of the integers from 0 to 5:
              for {set x 0} {$x<10} {incr x} {
                 if {$x > 5} {
                    break
                 }
                 puts "x is $x"
              }


SEE ALSO
       catch(n), continue(n), for(n), foreach(n), return(n), while(n)


KEYWORDS
       abort, break, loop



Tcl                                                                                                 break(n)