How to go to the outer for-loop

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Breaking out of a nested loop

I have two for loops like this:

for (...)
{
   // some code

   for (...)
   {
       if (something)
       {
            // go to the outer for loop   <<<<<< 
       }
   }

   // some more code here 
}

If I use continue it will go to the inner loop. I want it to go to the outer one.
How can I do that?

Not a dupe, he doesn't want to break the outer loop, it's the inner one. — vcsjones, Dec 06 '12 at 22:03

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 06 '12 at 22:00

Use break. As the documentation says:

The break statement terminates the closest enclosing loop or switch statement in which it appears. Control is passed to the statement that follows the terminated statement, if any.

So your code should look like this:

Outer For-Loop
{
   ...// some code
   Inner For-Loop
   {
       if( something  = true )
       {
            break;//breaks out of inner loop
       }
   }

   // some more code here 
}

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 06 '12 at 22:02

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did you mean you want "break"???

edited Dec 06 '12 at 22:02

vcsjones

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answered Dec 06 '12 at 22:00

Leonardo

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 06 '12 at 22:01

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Using break instead of continue?

answered Dec 06 '12 at 22:01

Tobia Zambon

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 06 '12 at 22:56

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this is another way to do it

one: for( ){

   for( ){

        if(  ){

          continue one
       }  
   }

}

use the tag "name:" I used one:

when the condition is met then the code "continue one" will jump to the first for

answered Dec 06 '12 at 22:56

Miguel Angel Bautista

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is java. just remove the semicolons. that way would be groovy actually. – Miguel Angel Bautista Dec 15 '12 at 13:36
Well, neither Java or Groovy are C#. Note that the question is tagged C#. Which means that is the language that the question concerns. – David Heffernan Dec 15 '12 at 13:39

How to go to the outer for-loop

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