When the break statement is executed, the result is to exit from the innermost repetition (for/while/do) statement within which it occurs.

After exit, execution proceeds, with the first statement following the repetition statement.

It is an error if a break is executed in a context other than within a repetition statement.

In Maple V Release 5.1 and earlier, break was just a Maple symbol. In Maple 6 and later, break is a keyword in the Maple language.

$L≔\left[1\,2\,''abc''\,''a''\,7.0\,\mathrm{\∞}\right]\:$

$\mathbf{for}x\mathbf{in}L\mathbf{do}\mathbf{if}\mathrm{type}\left(x\,\'\mathrm{string}\'\right)\mathbf{then}\mathrm{print}\left(x\right)\;\mathbf{break}\mathbf{end\; if}\mathbf{end\; do}$

$''abc''$