Breaking a loop

while true

while true do
    stuff()
    if someCondition then
	    break -- here
    end
end

while true do
	 event = os.pullEventRaw( )
	 if event == "terminate" then
		 break
	 end
end

String s = "", line;
while (true) {
    line = reader.readLine();
    if (line == null) break;
    s += line;
}

awsumben13, on 08 April 2013 - 11:40 AM said:

break breaks a loop

while true do
	 event = os.pullEventRaw( )
	 if event == "terminate" then
		 break
	 end
end

edit: damn ninja'd

edit 2:
you can also use return but that will exit the currently executing function or the program if there is no function running

bla = true
while bla do --This means only does the loop when bla is true and if it turns false it breaks from the loop
	input = read()

if input == "Hello" then
   print("Hello!")
	  sleep(1)

elseif input == "Bye" then
   print("Bye!")
sleep(1)
   bla = false --Here it breaks the loop

else
print("What?")
sleep(1)  

end --'if' statement
	 end --'while <condition> do' loop

Spongy141, on 21 April 2013 - 03:09 PM said:

you can just do a for loop, so it will break at your given point.

for i = 100, 1, -1 do
  term.clear()
    term.setCursorPos(1,1)
  print("Seconds to something awesome: "..i)
end

  term.clear()
    term.setCursorPos(1,1)
       print("Fooled Ya!")
   sleep(1)
 os.shutdown()