VB.Net - Exit Statement

The Exit statement transfers the control from a procedure or block immediately to the statement following the procedure call or the block definition. It terminates the loop, procedure, try block or the select block from where it is called.

If you are using nested loops (i.e., one loop inside another loop), the Exit statement will stop the execution of the innermost loop and start executing the next line of code after the block.

Syntax

The syntax for the Exit statement is −

Exit { Do | For | Function | Property | Select | Sub | Try | While }

Flow Diagram

Example

Module loops
   Sub Main()
      ' local variable definition 
      Dim a As Integer = 10
      ' while loop execution '
      
      While (a < 20)
         Console.WriteLine("value of a: {0}", a)
         a = a + 1
         If (a > 15) Then
            'terminate the loop using exit statement 
            Exit While
         End If
      End While
      Console.ReadLine()
   End Sub
End Module

When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the following result −

value of a: 10
value of a: 11
value of a: 12
value of a: 13
value of a: 14
value of a: 15