'\" '\" Copyright (c) 1993-1994 The Regents of the University of California. '\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. '\" '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" '\" RCS: @(#) $Id: break.n,v 1.2 2001/09/14 01:42:18 zlaski Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH break n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" .BS '\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! .SH NAME break \- Abort looping command .SH SYNOPSIS \fBbreak\fR .BE .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 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. .SH KEYWORDS abort, break, loop