illegal break statement, any idea way?
if(search===null || search.toLowerCase() === 'quit'){
break;}

Question

```javascript
var message;
var student;
var search;
function studentReport(student){
var report='student: ' + student.name;
    report+='student: ' + student.age;
    report+='studnet: ' + student.skills;
    return report;
}
students=[
{name: 'beth', age:22, skills:['java', 'ois']},
{name: 'seth', age: 30, skills: ['ruby', 'python']},
{name:'david', age:26, skills:['java', 'nod.js']},
{name: 'john', age: 20, skills: ['pyhon', 'javascript']},
{name: 'brittany', age: 40, skills: ['javascript', 'nod.js']}
];
while(true){
search=prompt("what is the student's name, type quit to exit");
}
if(search===null || search.toLowerCase() === 'quit'){
break;}
for (var i=0; i < students.length; i+=1){
  student= students[i];
if(student.name===search.toLowerCase()){
  message= studentReport(student);
console.log( message);
}
```

akak · Accepted Answer

break statement needs to be inside of a loop. You're closing the loop before that 
```javascript
while(true){
    search=prompt("what is the student's name, type quit to exit");
} // while loop closed here
if (search===null || search.toLowerCase() === 'quit'){
    break;
}
```
also have in mind that your search won't be null if it's empty.  It'll be just an empty string which is falsy. So your check should look like
```javascript 
if (!search || search.toLowerCase() === 'quit')
```

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illegal break statement, any idea way? if(search===null || search.toLowerCase() === 'quit'){ break;}

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akak

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