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I have an object mobile_specs which have several fields such as DeviceName, Brand, Camera. I loop though the mobile_specs object so that i can print the specifications of two mobiles in tabular format:

var i=0; Object.keys(mobile_specs).forEach(function(key) { if(i==5) { break; } var mobile1=mobile_specs.[key]; var mobile2=mobile_specs.[key]; alert(mobile1 + " " +mobile2); i++; });

But the above code give me an error which is:

Illegal break statement

How can i break my loop when i==5 ?

Any help is appreciated.

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    instead of a break use a return You can not technically break out of forEach, use a for otherwise. Commented Aug 30, 2017 at 18:11
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    There is no way to stop or break a forEach() loop other than by throwing an exception. Commented Aug 30, 2017 at 18:11
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    Note that having a counter in this case does not make much sense, as objects' properties are not ordered. Which means that you may have different first five outputs depending on the engine/browser you're using. Commented Aug 30, 2017 at 18:12
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    You should refer this question, here it is explained in detail - stackoverflow.com/questions/6260756/… Commented Aug 30, 2017 at 18:12
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    Side note for your future understanding... There's no actual loop in your code. That's a function call. Commented Aug 30, 2017 at 18:12

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There is no way to stop or break a forEach() loop other than by throwing an exception. I think forEach is not suited for your job, use a simple loop instead

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