Ask about break function

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C Zeng
C Zeng on 6 Jun 2012
Hi, I am writing code to break out of loop. I have several loops, including nested loops. If I use break in a if command, it will jump out of all loops, or the very nearest loop(say only one loop)?
For example:
for i=1:10
for j=1:10
f(x)=...
if f(x)>10 ...
elseif f(x)<5 break;
....
end
end
end
If f(x)<5 for some i=2 and j=3; then break will jump out of loop, go to i=3, j=1 or i=2 j=4?
Thanks.
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Geoff
Geoff on 10 Jun 2012
In your last comment, I don't understand why you ask if (i,j) might go from (2,3) to (2,4) after a break with j as the inner loop. That would not be breaking at all. If you want that behaviour, use 'continue' to continue immediately from the next iteration. If you want to break out of BOTH loops from the inner loop, you need to set a flag, check it after the inner loop, and break again from there. Or use while-loops
C Zeng
C Zeng on 12 Jun 2012
Thank you, you are right! break make the loop of j ending, and start from a new i and j, right?
continue means do nothing in the loop and go to next loop?

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Thomas
Thomas on 6 Jun 2012
I think only the loop in which the break occurs is broken out of..
try
for ii=1:5
ii
for jj=1:6
jj
if ii==3 && jj==4
disp('broken here')
break;
end
end
end
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C Zeng
C Zeng on 12 Jun 2012
Oh, thanks! I got it.
Tomas
Tomas on 26 Mar 2013
if you wanted to break both fors this should work. adding a flag like geof said.
flag=0;
for ii=1:5
ii
if flag==1
break
end
for jj=1:6
jj
if ii==3 && jj==4
disp('broken here')
flag=1;
break;
end
end
end

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