## BREAK Exit Execution In Loop

Section: Flow Control

### Usage

The `break` statement is used to exit a loop prematurely. It can be used inside a `for` loop or a `while` loop. The syntax for its use is

       break

inside the body of the loop. The `break` statement forces execution to exit the loop immediately.

### Example

Here is a simple example of how `break` exits the loop. We have a loop that sums integers from `1` to `10`, but that stops prematurely at `5` using a `break`. We will use a `while` loop.

         break_ex.m
    function accum = break_ex
      accum = 0;
      i = 1;
      while (i<=10)
        accum = accum + i;
        if (i == 5)
          break;
        end
        i = i + 1;
      end

The function is exercised here:

    --> break_ex

    ans =
     15

    --> sum(1:5)

    ans =
     15