BREAK Statement (MATRIX-END MATRIX command)

The BREAK statement within a loop structure transfers control immediately to the statement following the (next) END LOOP statement. It is normally placed within a DO IF structure inside the LOOP structure to exit the loop when the specified conditions are met.

Example

LOOP LOCATION = 1, NROW(VEC).
+  DO IF (VEC(LOCATION) = TARGET).
+     BREAK. 


+  END IF.
END LOOP.

• This loop searches for the (first) location of a specific value, TARGET, in a vector, VEC.
• The DO IF statement checks whether the vector element indexed by LOCATION equals the target.
• If so, the BREAK statement transfers control out of the loop, leaving LOCATION as the index of TARGET in VEC.