Good point. In other words, we still may need this check and exit right after the NEXT statement of the inner loop.

>Naomi,
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>>Just set both counters to maximum number and you will fall off the loops.
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>That'll not always work, you'll need a test after each loop sometimes, your method will only work if there are no commands after the inner loop(s), like
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>for lnOuterLoop = 1 to lnMaxOuterLoops
>	for lnInnerLoop = 1 to lnMaxInnerLoops
>		* Do Something
>		if SomeCondition()
>			lnOuterLoops	= lnMaxOuterLoops + 1
>			exit
>		endif
>	next lnInnerLoop
>	* Now, if you are ending the loop here, you do not need further tests, but if you have some commands....
>	if lnOuterLoop > lnMaxOuterLoops
>		exit
>	endif
>	* Your extra commands
>next lnOuterLoop
>

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>So, basically, your solution and Hilmar's are similar, you could've use a flag instead of changing the iteration variable, which might not be as clear and I do not like too much to fiddle with this controller variables, just in case