Leave the whole for-loop
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How can I leave the loop completely, if an "if" statement in that loop turns out to be true? I have tried break, but I guess that doesn't work in if-structures... My code structure looks like this:
for i = 1:5
(doing some stuff here)
if [something happens]
for [...], for [...], (assignments); end, end,
!and STOP COMPLETELY no further calculations are needed!
else
for [...], (assignments ); end
end
(doing more stuff)
end
Thanks for any help!
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Geert
on 30 Aug 2013
Edited: Geert
on 30 Aug 2013
Why can't you use break? The break command can perfectly be used in combination with if statements. Break will execute the innermost for (or while) loop it is in...
Consider the following example:
for ii = 1:10
disp(['Current value of ii = ', num2str(ii)])
if ii>5
% execute some for loops
for kk=1:5
for ll=1:5
% put your commands here
end
end
% exit the for loop
break
else
for kk=1:5
% do something here
end
end
end
disp(['for loop was stopped at the moment that ii = ', num2str(ii)])
The break command will exit the innermost loop (type: help break):
break Terminate execution of WHILE or FOR loop.
break terminates the execution of FOR and WHILE loops.
In nested loops, break exits from the innermost loop only.
Does this clarifies it for you?
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Simon
on 30 Aug 2013
If you want to exit both loops from inside the innermost loop, try setting a bool variable before the loops
exitloop = false
Now you can set this variable to true in the inner loop and catch this in the outer loop like
if exitloop
break
end
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David Sanchez
on 30 Aug 2013
The break command exists the most inner for/while loop. For nested for loops, you have to set a flag so that when it is active, the whole loop finishes. Following you code structure, break should exit:
for i = 1:5
(doing some stuff here)
if [something happens]
for [...], for [...], (assignments); end, end,
!and STOP COMPLETELY no further calculations are needed!
break % this break here will cause to get out of the main for-loop since it is not place within another for-loop
else
for [...], (assignments ); end
end
(doing more stuff)
end
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