Velocity email template with String list #2598

Hi,
I'm trying to add to the velocity email template a for loop to print part of a String List, in this manner:

#set( $shelveFiles = 'file1_file2_file3_file4_file5_file6' )
#set( $shelveFileList = $shelveFiles.split('_') )
#set( $maxFiles = 3 )
#set( $countFiles = 0 )

#foreach ($element in $shelveFileList)
    #if ($countFiles lt $maxFiles)
        #break
    #end
    #set( $countFiles = $countFiles + 1 )
    $element
#end

But Email output is printing #break as if it's not recognized:

#break file1 #break file2 #break file3 file4 file5 file6

Is it due to velocity version ?
How should I create and iterate on array that was created from String.split() ?

Thanks,
Noam.