how to exit a for loop

[lfoitek]

i have a "for" loop that contains an operation that produces a true value when the output is a specific number.  i used a flat sequence to perform the operation and a constant of 10 for the "for" loop iteration.  My probem is that when i get to interation three, this produces the boolean to go to true and i want to exit the "for" loop instead of going through the rest of the iterations.  is there a way to exit the loop when this goes true.  for this particular application i need a for loop and can't use a while loop.  thank you

attached is a sample vi that gets the jist of what i am doing.

[jasonhill]

Use a while loop instead.

Also, the sequence structure in your example is unecessary.  The dataflow will enforce the sequence of operations.

Message Edited by jasonhill on 08-23-2006 01:13 PM

[falkpl]

Yes there is no break and continue inside of a for loop unlike many other languages.  This is most likley due to breaking the dataflow model.  2 choices esist

1. while loop with a counter (i>=itteration max) stop ORed with your additional stop condition (stop is true)

2.  Use a for loop but place the code inside of a case structure (less efficient since the loops will continue to spin eventhough there is no code to execute)

Paul

[lfoitek]

thank you