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JavaScript Introducing ES2015 Objects and New Collection Types For...Of

Harsh Khandelwal
Harsh Khandelwal
5,539 Points
Posted by Harsh Khandelwal
Harsh Khandelwal
5,539 Points

Why is the break keyword illegal statement error when I try to write break in the if condition of the forEach code?

teachers.forEach(teacher => {
  console.log(teacher.name);
  if (teacher.name === 'Nick') {  
    console.log(teacher.rating);
  break;
  }
});

break;
^^^^^
SyntaxError: Illegal break statement

christopher abramson
christopher abramson
22,741 Points
christopher abramson
christopher abramson
22,741 Points

I don't believe you can use forEach like that. If you want to achieve the same result with a break you could use a

Switch

or if you want to do it without a break you could use a

While loop.

Mark Casavantes
Mark Casavantes
Courses Plus Student 13,401 Points
Mark Casavantes
Mark Casavantes
Courses Plus Student 13,401 Points

Hello Harsh,

It would be helpful to print out all your code when you have a question.

From what I can see I would try switching => to >=.

http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_comparisons.asp

I hope this is helpful.

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

formatted code

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