# Break does not stop trace - has it really stopped?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/break-does-not-stop-trace-has-it-really-stopped/269897
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [September 2, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/break-does-not-stop-trace-has-it-really-stopped/269897 "2008-09-02T20:48:37Z")
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### Author: ![charles\_i](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/charles_i/32/2986_2.png) [@charles\_i](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/charles_i)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/break-does-not-stop-trace-has-it-really-stopped/269897/1 "2008-09-02T20:48:37Z")

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I’ve come across this several times and always wondered. If I have a loop which stops at the end of so many iterations with “break” the animation stops - but the trace keeps repeating in the Output window. Does this mean the swf is still running? I don’t want the processor hit of several animations still running that I thought had stopped.

Thanks  
Charles