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**#BREAK**

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The **#BREAK** statement immediately breaks out of the #FOR or #LOOP structure in which it is enclosed. Control passes to the next statement following the #ENDFOR or #ENDLOOP. #BREAK is only valid within a #FOR or #LOOP structure, else an error is generated during Template file pre-processing. #BREAK acts as a #RETURN statement if issued from within a #GROUP inserted in the loop (unless it is within a #FOR or #LOOP structure completely contained within the #GROUP).

**Example:**

**#SET(%StopFile,'CUSTOMER')**

**#FOR(%File)**

**  #IF (UPPER(%File) = %StopFile)**

**   ****#BREAK**

**  #ENDIF**

**  OPEN(%File)**

**#ENDFOR**