(Any concept behind of forEach loop) Why forEach loop is not working for break

Question

Is there anything I am missing about forEach loop this gives an error

VM847:5 Uncaught SyntaxError: Illegal break statement at Array.forEach () at :2:9

And this is working fine for normal for loop.

var myArray = [{name:'John'}, {name:'Doe'}, {name:'Mice'}]
myArray.forEach(function(item, i){     
    if(item.name == 'Doe'){
      console.log(i);
      break;
    }
});

`Array.prototype.forEach` is a method; not a loop statement. — deceze, Oct 06 '17 at 13:07
Ohh I missed that forEach is a function and we have to use return for this. — Ankit Pandey, Oct 06 '17 at 13:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 06 '17 at 13:07

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You cannot break a forEach loop, if you want it to stop you would have to throw an exception

answered Oct 06 '17 at 13:07

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