Breaking out of several nested loops (& ANSI C)

[Charlie Martin]

I may be dense, but I simply cannot see what makes
 label: while ( cond )
	{
	...
	if ( break cond )
		break label ;

	}

any more 

structured'' than
	while( cond )
	{
	...
	if ( break cond )
		goto end ;
	}
end :	;

In addition, the construct above has the advantage that it
looks like it is doing what it is really doing -- that is, the


break label'' version says that it is breaking a loop labellled


label'', which label is at the beginning, but it is effectively
GOING to the END.

Don Knuth wrote an article that was pretty good on Structured
Programming With GOTO's that covered all off this sort of
thing, by the way -- I can dig up a formal reference if needed.

Charlie Martin
(...mcnc!duke!crm)