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Exit nested FOR loops
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27/07/2007 14:02:59
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01244106
Message ID:
01244202
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>>>>An EXIT will exit the inner loop. You need another EXIT to exit the outer loop. What I usually do to exit multiple loops is to set a variable, in the inner loop, that can be tested in the outer loop.
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>>>Just set both counters to maximum number and you will fall off the loops.
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>>Oh, I see. That's an interesting alternative.
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>The only problem is that the current loop cycle is going to be executed anyway as opposed to exit.

Well, I would think you could increment the loop variables to maximum and then do an EXIT immediately. This would avoid defining additional variables, just to control whether a certain process should continue.
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