Directives

BREAK

Immediate Exit of Loop

Use the BREAK directive to perform an immediate exit from a loop or case structure. Execution resumes following the directive that would normally have ended the loop or case structure. (e.g. NEXT or WEND).

The *BREAK label emulates a BREAK directive for use as a statement reference.

Note:
You can use BREAK commands in SELECT structures. Prior to v4.20, BREAK directives (and corresponding *BREAK labels) were not supported for use with SELECT/NEXT RECORD directives.

Example

PROCESS_TAXCODE:
     LiquorTax=0,SalesTax=0,ServiceTax=0
     switch ucs(TaxCode$)
          case "X","Z" ! two codes are tax exempt
               break ! stop processing for case "X" here
          case "L" ! liquor pays all liquor,sales and service tax
               LiquorTax=cost*LiquorTaxRate
! no break here, logic falls through
          case "S" ! pays sales and service tax
               SalesTax=cost*SalesTaxRate
! no break here, logic falls through
          case "V" ! service tax
               ServiceTax=cost*ServiceTaxRate
               break ! end processing for this case and any that fell through
          default ! enter here if case not found
               msgbox "Unknown tax code","Error"
     end switch
     TotalTax=LiquorTax+SalesTax+ServiceTax
     return

Directives

Format

Description

Note:
You can use BREAK commands in SELECT structures. Prior to v4.20, BREAK directives (and corresponding *BREAK labels) were not supported for use with SELECT/NEXT RECORD directives.

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Example

Directives

Format

Description

Note: You can use BREAK commands in SELECT structures. Prior to v4.20, BREAK directives (and corresponding *BREAK labels) were not supported for use with SELECT/NEXT RECORD directives.

See Also

Example

Note:
You can use BREAK commands in SELECT structures. Prior to v4.20, BREAK directives (and corresponding *BREAK labels) were not supported for use with SELECT/NEXT RECORD directives.