> ...shouldn't it end the 2nd for loop since if statement is under 2nd for loop... ?
Yes, it should end the 2nd loop and that's what it's doing. To better understand what's going on, I inserted fprintf commands in each loop so you can see the iteration numbers. The first condition is true when j==2 and the second nested condition is true when i==3 (while j is equal to 2).
clc
n = 4;
for i=1:n
j = NaN;
fprintf('\n i=%d, j=%d',i,j)
for j=1:n
fprintf('\n i=%d, j=%d',i,j)
if j==2
fprintf(' CONDITION 1')
if i==3
fprintf(' & CONDITION 2: breaking')
break
end % end i==2 test
end % end j==2 test
end
end
fprintf('\n')
You can see (below) that the break condition occurs when i==3 and j==2 and on the next iteration, the i-loop interates to i==4 and the j-loop resets.
