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 exit loop

exit loop

Description

When the exit loop is encountered inside a loop, the loop is immediately terminated and the test run control resumes at the next action lines following the loop.

Arguments

There are no arguments for this action.

Valid contexts

This action may be used within the following project items: test modules and user-defined actions.

Notes

• Premature termination of an iterative loop is usually only desired if, during the course of execution, some condition has changed. Hence exit loop is usually associated with one or more if conditions.
• exit loop supports the following types of loops:

  • while-end while

  • repeat-until

  • use data set-repeat for data set

    Notes: 
    The support for data set loops applies to TestArchitect 8.3 Update 5 and higher.

Applicable Built-In Settings

The following settings are applicable to this action: none.

Example

Action Lines

Result