How to break nested loops in JavaScript?

break, javascript, nested-loops

Solution

You should be able to break to a label, like so:

function foo () {
    dance:
    for (var k = 0; k < 4; k++) {
        for (var m = 0; m < 4; m++) {
            if (m == 2) {
                break dance;
            }
        }
    }
}

Problem

I tried this: ``` for(i = 0; i < 5; i++){ for(j = i + 1; j < 5; j++){ break(2); } alert(1); } ``` only to get: `SyntaxError`: missing `;` before statement So, how would I break a nested loop in JavaScript?

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