How to break out of jQuery each loop?

To break a $.each or $(mySelector).each loop, you have to return false inside the each loop. Returning true skips to the next iteration, is equivalent to a continue in a normal loop.

Here is an example. Stop iteration and exit from the each loop if the array element equals 5:

var myNumbers = ; function BreakIfFive() { $.each(myNumbers, function (i, o) { console.log(i); if (i == 5) { return false; } });
} BreakIfFive();