break statement

Format

• break
• break Label

Terminate the loop with the given label. If no label is specified, the innermost loop containing the break statement is assumed.

obj/zapper
  verb/use()
    var/mob/M
 
    for(M in view())
      if(!M.key) break
 
    if(!M) M = usr
    M << "ZAP!"
    del(M)

The zapper object kills the first mob it finds that doesn’t belong to a player. If none can be found, it kills the user. Be careful! Note how this code takes advantage of the fact that the loop variable M will be null if the loop terminates normally.

For an example of how to use labeled loops, see the reference section for the continue statement.

The break statement can also be used inside of a switch() proc when using C-like syntax, where it breaks out of a case block to the end of the switch. See switch proc for more details.

See also

• do proc
• for loop proc
• while proc
• switch proc
• #pragma syntax directive