How do I exit a foreach loop in C#?

foreach (var name in parent.names)
{
    if name.lastname == null)
    {
        Violated = true;
        this.message = "lastname reqd";
    }

    if (!Violated)
    {
        Violated = !(name.firstname == null) ? false : true;
        if (ruleViolated)
            this.message = "firstname reqd";
    }
}

Whenever violated is true, I want to get out of the foreach loop immediately. How do I do it?

Use break.

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Unrelated to your question, I see in your code the line:

Violated = !(name.firstname == null) ? false : true;

In this line, you take a boolean value (name.firstname == null). Then, you apply the ! operator to it. Then, if the value is true, you set Violated to false; otherwise to true. So basically, Violated is set to the same value as the original expression (name.firstname == null). Why not use that, as in:

Violated = (name.firstname == null);

Just use the statement:

break;

Use the break keyword.

Look at this code, it can help you to get out of the loop fast!

foreach (var name in parent.names)
{
   if (name.lastname == null)
   {
      Violated = true;
      this.message = "lastname reqd";
      break;
   }
   else if (name.firstname == null)
   {
      Violated = true;
      this.message = "firstname reqd";
      break;
   }
}

During testing I found that foreach loop after break go to the loop beging and not out of the loop. So I changed foreach into for and break in this case work correctly- after break program flow goes out of the loop.