is there a equivalent of Java's labelled break in C# or a workaround

break, c#, labeled-statements

Solution

You can just use `goto` to jump directly to a label.

while (somethingA)
{
    // ...
    while (somethingB)
    {
        if (condition)
        {
            goto label1;
        }
    }
}
label1:
   // ...

In C-like languages, `goto` often ends up cleaner for breaking nested loops, as opposed to keeping track of boolean variables and repeatedly checking them at the end of each loop.

Problem

I am converting some Java code to C# and have found a few labelled "break" statements (e.g.) ``` label1: while (somethingA) { ... while (somethingB) { if (condition) { break label1; } } } ``` Is there an equivalent in C# (current reading suggests not) and if not is there any conversion other than (say) having bool flags to indicate whether to break at each loop end (e.g.) ``` bool label1 = false; while (somethingA) { ... while (somethingB) { if (condition) { label1 = true; break; } } if (label1) { break; } } // breaks to here ``` I'd be interested as to why C# doesn't have this as it doesn't seem to be very evil.

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