Can you confirm if the next break cancels the inner for loop?
for (out in 1:n_old){ id_velho <- old_table_df$id[out] for (in in 1:n) { id_novo <- new_table_df$ID[in] if(id_velho==id_novo) { break }else if(in == n) { sold_df <- rbind(sold_df,old_table_df[out,]) } } } 2 Answers
Well, your code is not reproducible so we will never know for sure, but this is what help('break')says:
break breaks out of a for, while or repeat loop; control is transferred to the first statement outside the inner-most loop.
So yes, break only breaks the current loop. You can also see it in action with e.g.:
for (i in 1:10) { for (j in 1:10) { for (k in 1:10) { cat(i," ",j," ",k,"\n") if (k ==5) break } } } your break statement should break out of the for (in in 1:n).
Personally I am always wary with break statements and double check it by printing to the console to double check that I am in fact breaking out of the right loop. So before you test add the following statement, which will let you know if you break before it reaches the end. However, I have no idea how you are handling the variable n so I don't know if it would be helpful to you. Make a n some test value where you know before hand if it is supposed to break out or not before reaching n.
for (in in 1:n) { if (in == n) #add this statement { "sorry but the loop did not break" } id_novo <- new_table_df$ID[in] if(id_velho==id_novo) { break } else if(in == n) { sold_df <- rbind(sold_df,old_table_df[out,]) } } 
