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diff --git a/doc/break.n b/doc/break.n new file mode 100644 index 0000000..391ba91 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/break.n @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +'\" +'\" Copyright (c) 1993-1994 The Regents of the University of California. +'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. +'\" +'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution +'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. +'\" +'\" SCCS: @(#) break.n 1.7 96/10/09 08:29:26 +'\" +.so man.macros +.TH break n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" +.BS +'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! +.SH NAME +break \- Abort looping command +.SH SYNOPSIS +\fBbreak\fR +.BE + +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +This command is typically invoked inside the body of a looping command +such as \fBfor\fR or \fBforeach\fR or \fBwhile\fR. +It returns a TCL_BREAK code, which causes a break exception +to occur. +The exception causes the current script to be aborted +out to the innermost containing loop command, which then +aborts its execution and returns normally. +Break exceptions are also handled in a few other situations, such +as the \fBcatch\fR command, Tk event bindings, and the outermost +scripts of procedure bodies. + +.SH KEYWORDS +abort, break, loop |