Pastable version of Return from function within a function

<pre class='prettyprint' language='ruby'>def check_appt_conflicts()
    appointments.each do |appointment|
      if appointment.frequency == 'weekly'
        if date_conflict(self.date, appointment.date, 7) == true
          return true
        end
      elsif self.frequency == 'weekly'
        if date_conflict(self.date, appointment.date, 7) == true
          return true
        end
      else appointment.frequency == 'bi_monthly'
        if date_conflict(self.date, appointment.date, 14) == true
          return true
        end
      end      
    end
    return false
  end

#what i would like to do is if this returns true, break out of the iteration above and return true as the check_appt_conflicts() (first function) #value
  def date_conflict(this_date, later_date, mod_value)
    if this_date.strftime(&quot;%j&quot;).to_i % mod_value == later_date.strftime(&quot;%j&quot;).to_i % mod_value      
      return true
    end
  end</pre>
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