Groovy - how to exit each loop?

Question

I\'m new to Grails/Groovy and am trying to find a node in a an xml file; I\'ve figured out how to iterate over all of them, but I want to exit the loop when the target node is f

Answer 1

Replace each loop with any or find closure.

def list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
list.any { element ->
    if (element == 2)
        return // continue

    println element

    if (element == 3)
        true // break
}

Output

1
3