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- .so man.macros
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- .SH NAME
- break \- Abort looping command
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- \fBbreak\fR
- .BE
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- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .PP
- This command is typically invoked inside the body of a looping command
- such as \fBfor\fR or \fBforeach\fR or \fBwhile\fR.
- 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 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 \fBcatch\fR command, Tk event bindings, and the outermost
- scripts of procedure bodies.
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- .SH KEYWORDS
- abort, break, loop
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