How do I break out of nested loops using the BREAK command in MATLAB 7.7 (R2008b)?

I am trying to break out of nested FOR loops using BREAK, but the control returns to the loop immediately above.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This functionality is not availble when using the function BREAK. BREAK will only break out of the loop in which it was called.

As a workaround, you can use a flag variable along with BREAK to break out of nested loops.

flag=0;

for i=1:10

       for j=1:5

                 flag=1; 

                 break

      end 

      if(flag==1)

          break

      end

end