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# Lua break Statement [ Lua Loops](#) The Lua programming language `break` statement is inserted within a loop body to exit the current loop or statement and begin executing the next statement in the script. If you use nested loops, the `break` statement will stop the execution of the innermost loop and begin executing the statements of the outer loop. ### Syntax The syntax for the `break` statement in the Lua programming language is: break Flowchart:  ### Example The following example executes a `while` loop, printing the value of `a` as long as the variable `a` is less than 20, and terminates the loop when `a` is greater than 15: -- a = 10--while( a 15) then -- break endend The result of executing the above code is as follows: a's value is:10 a's value is:11 a's value is:12 a's value is:13 a's value is:14 a's value is:15 [ Lua Loops](#)