End a for loop early in ebasic?

[Adam Osth]

Hello all,

I have a program in e-basic that takes two arrays and combines them, then
randomizes and recombines them. Since I can't reuse any combinations that
were in place previously, I have a loop structure in place to detect whether
the combinations have been used. It goes something like this.

HeadColor(7) As String
HeadShape(7) As String
(takes values for each)
For a = 0 to a = 7
 Heads(a) = HeadColor(a) + HeadShape(a)

/*randomize and check for repeats
Nomatch As Boolean
Nomatch = false
Matches As Integer

While Nomatch = false
 Randomize HeadColor
 Randomize HeadShape
* For b = 0 to b = 7
  If HeadColor(b) + HeadShape(b) = Heads(b)
   Matches = Matches + 1*
  End If
  Next b
 If Matches = 0
  Nomatch = true
Wend

Now -- in the highlighted FOR loop, if the If statement is true, it is
basically saying that the entire While loop needs to be repeated and
re-randomized (a match is present). Thus, the rest of the For loop is
irrelevant. Is there a statement that can be used to end the for loop, like
a break or end statement?

Also, if my code is horribly inefficient, feel free to critique me as I'm
not a trained programmer.

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

Adam

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