[R] "break" breaks _outer_ loop -- ugh!

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

"Timothy H. Keitt" <keitt at nceas.ucsb.edu> writes:

> It appears that "break" will break from the outermost enclosing loop not
> the innermost loop.  Is it a bug or language feature?

Er? 

> for (i in 1:5) for (j in 1:5) if (j==3) break  else cat (i,j,"\n")
1 1 
1 2 
2 1 
2 2 
3 1 
3 2 
4 1 
4 2 
5 1 
5 2 

What example were you trying?

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