break Last updated: 17. Oct 2026

Keyword

Ends the current for, for…of, for…in, while or do…while loop, or a switch statement, and continues with the code after it.

This function takes no parameters

This statement does not return a value.

Example

JS is normal JavaScript either running in the browser or on the Docly™ server.

for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
  if (i === 5) {
    break; // Stop the loop when i reaches 5
  }
  write(i + "\n");
}

The JS code above produces the output shown below: