How do I break out of a in pairs loop within a conditional statement in the loop

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#1

I’m trying to make this in pairs loop break inside the if statement that’s in the loop.

for i,v in pairs (mytable)  do
				if v == player then
					mytable[player] = true
                    --- I want it to stop the for loop here
					else 
					mytable[player] = false
				end
			end
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#2

at — I want it to stop the for loop here u need to put break

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#3

How does the break know what loop to break though?

for example

while true do wait() ---loop 1
while true do wait() ---loop 2
if true = true then
break

             end
      end
end

what would the break stop in that scenario, the first or 2nd loop?

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#4

The most common ways to break out of a pair loop, or most loops in that matter, are Return and Break. Return will break but instead of just breaking it will give a value well, “in return”. Break will stop the loop completely, without returning any sort of value. @Scrizonn in that scenario the break will stop the loop it is in( the inner loop), not the outermost

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#5

you can break only things like:


for i, v in next, Mytable do
break
end

or


for i,v in pairs(aTable) do -- or ipairs
break
end
#6

i’m pretty sure you can break out of while loops too

#7

Return is for functions, not loops. These are different keywords with different purposes and shouldn’t be used interchangeably.

Edit in response to second post: You can break any type of loop though, you are correct.

@Scrizonn It will break the innermost loop, so the second one.

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#8

You can break out of while loops too.

#9

Technically wouldn’t it still give back a value( like if you have a while loop nestled in a function) , but i do see your point that they should be more often used in function

Example of what i mean 
function Test()
while true do
	wait(.1)
	return 5
     end
end 

print(Test()) -- this will still print 5
#10

in what u said, that break will stop the loop 2

#11

That only works because it’s in a function and return will immediately stop running any further code in the function.

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#12

Good point, thank you for correcting me!

Don’t worry i know how to use return :sweat_smile:, i just didn’t explain it correctly. also i am a bit tired so that probably doesn’t help either

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#13

Yeah, I could tell from the code sample you knew how to use it. I just wanted to make sure it was clear to anyone else reading this who might not be aware.

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