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title: Break Statement
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## Introduction
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The **break** statement terminates the current loop, `switch` or `label` statement and transfers program control to the statement following the terminated statement.
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break;
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If the **break** statement is used in a labeled statement, the syntax is as follows:
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break labelName;
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## Examples
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The following function has a **break** statement that terminates the `while` loop when **i** is 3, and then returns the value **3 * x**.
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function testBreak(x) {
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var i = 0;
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while (i < 6) {
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if (i == 3) {
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break;
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}
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i += 1;
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}
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return i * x;
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}
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In the following example, the counter is set up to count from 1 to 99; however, the **break** statement terminates the loop after 14 counts.
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for (var i = 1; i < 100; i++) {
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if (i == 15) {
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break;
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}
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}
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## Other resources:
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<a href='https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/break' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>MDN link</a> | <a href='https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3fhdxafb.aspx' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>MSDN link</a>
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