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Re: Exiting multiple loop constructs

• Posted by Kat <KAT12 at coosahs.?e?> May 14, 2008
• 1250 views

Jeremy Cowgar wrote:
> 
> Derek Parnell wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Ok, I see what you mean, namely that the concept of a 'label' is that it is
> > an optional component of the 'loop' statement, and not a statement in its
> > own
> > right. Fair enough, I'll stay within that boundary (for now).
> > 
> > 
> > Do the parsing rules mean that this below would be valid ...
> > }}}
<eucode>
> > while 1 label :top: do
> > </eucode>
{{{

> 
> I tried, that works fine.
>  
> > In other words, the symbol used to name a label can contain any character
> > except
> > whitespace and cannot start with either a digit or '#' or '--'. So it would
> > be okay (if not a bit over-the-top) to have ...
> > 
> > }}}
<eucode>
> >    while true 
> >      label &&MAIN-PROCESSING-BLOCK: 
> >    do
> >      . . . 
> >    end while
> > </eucode>
{{{

> 
> I tried that too. It works also.
> 
> Also:
> 
> }}}
<eucode>
> while 1 
>   label 25
> do
>  . . .
> end while
> </eucode>
{{{

> 
> Works too, although, please do not use it ... The key is it must not
> contain
> a space.

Kool, we have targets of various forms! Now, onto the keyword for a target:
goto!

Kat