Can you break from a Groovy “each” closure?

Question

Is it possible to break from a Groovy .each{Closure}, or should I be using a classic loop instead?

Answer 1

You could break by RETURN. For example

  def a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  def ret = 0
  a.each {def n ->
    if (n > 5) {
      ret = n
      return ret
    }
  }

It works for me!