break

Ends execution of the nearest enclosing loop, even if the end condition for the loop has not been satisfied. break will not end execution of multiple, nested loops.

Syntax

break

Example

Using break in a for loop:
a = 0
for j = 1:10000
    if a == 5
        break
    end
    a = a+1;
end
a
a = 0
a = 5