08 — Break: stop a loop

Sometimes a loop should stop in the middle. break leaves the nearest loop immediately and continues with the lines after it.

#Steps

1. Create stop.nme:

   set ready to True
   set waiting to False
   while ready or waiting
   show Still working
   break
   end
   

   copyrun it →

   The first round runs and prints Still working; the break stops the loop, so it runs exactly once.

2. Korean uses 동안, 멈춰, and 끝:

   준비는 참
   준비인 동안
   작동 중이에요 말해줘
   멈춰
   끝
   

   copyrun it →

3. break here is the longer sentence spelling, and skip jumps straight to the next round instead of leaving the loop:

   set score to 0
   while score is less than 10
   add 1 to score
   if score equals 1
   skip
   end
   break here
   end
   

   copyrun it →

4. A break outside a loop is an error with code E0102; guide 11 shows how to read the message. Use break only inside while or repeat blocks.

#Try it yourself

Stop a loop as soon as a name exists:

set name to empty
while name equals empty
    ask name What is your name?
    if name exists
        break
    end
end

#What you learned

• break / 멈춰 leaves the nearest loop at once.
• break here / 여기서 멈춰 are the longer sentence spellings.
• skip / 건너뛰어 goes to the next round instead of leaving the loop.
• A loop that always breaks still runs once.
• break outside a loop is the E0102 error.