Break out the loop

Hi Luca,

There are two ways to break out of a loop: when the loop ends or we use the keyword "break"

Let's pretend that we have created a guessing app that allows user to guess a number 10 times, and let's say the user guessed it right before it reaches its limit.

In this case, we don't want a user to continue to guess after he/she guesses the correct answer, and that's where break comes in handy. We could use it to immediately break the loop and stop the prompting window from opening after the user guesses the answer right.

var answer = 50;
for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
  var guessed = prompt("please guess a number");
  if (parseInt(guessed) === answer) {
     alert(`You guessed right! The correct answer is ${answer}!`);
     break;
  }
}

Without the break statement, the loop will continue to run till it reaches the condition, i < 10 meaning the code will run even after the user has guessed the right answer.

Hope this helps! -Chris