Break
Part of the Fundamentals section of Coddy's JavaScript journey — lesson 40 of 77.
The break statement stops the loop instantly when it's encountered.
For example,
for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
if (i == 6) {
break;
}
console.log(i);
}In the following example, the loop iterates regularly until it reaches number 6. Then the program enters the if statement and executes the break statement. This exits the loop immediately.
The output is:
0
1
2
3
4
5
Challenge
BeginnerYou are given a code that prints the numbers from 1 to 20 (including).
Your task is to add if and break statements so that only the numbers from 1 to 8 will be printed, the loop will exit before printing the numbers from 9 to 20.
Cheat sheet
The break statement stops the loop instantly when it's encountered.
for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
if (i == 6) {
break;
}
console.log(i);
}In this example, the loop exits when i equals 6, printing numbers 0 through 5.
Try it yourself
for (let i = 1; i <= 20; i++) {
console.log(i);
}
Test yourselfThis lesson includes a short quiz. Start the lesson to answer it and track your progress.
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