How to break out of jQuery each Loop

To break a $.each or $(selector).each loop, you have to return false in the loop callback.

Returning true skips to the next iteration, equivalent to a continue in a normal loop.

$.each(array, function(key, value) { 
    if(value === "foo") {
        return false; // breaks
    }
});

// or

$(selector).each(function() {
  if (condition) {
    return false;
  }
});

According to the documentation return false; should do the job.

We can break the $.each() loop [..] by making the callback function return false.

Return false in the callback:

function callback(indexInArray, valueOfElement) {
  var booleanKeepGoing;

  this; // == valueOfElement (casted to Object)

  return booleanKeepGoing; // optional, unless false 
                           // and want to stop looping
}

BTW, continue works like this:

Returning non-false is the same as a continue statement in a for loop; it will skip immediately to the next iteration.

I created a Fiddle for the answer to this question because the accepted answer is incorrect plus this is the first StackOverflow thread returned from Google regarding this question.

To break out of a $.each you must use return false;

Here is a Fiddle proving it:

http://jsfiddle.net/9XqRy/