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

[Timothy H. Keitt]

Hmmm... I should go home and get some sleep! :-)  I was thinking "next" and
using "break" instead.

T.

Peter Dalgaard BSA wrote:

> "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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