13.29 EXIT Statement
The EXIT
statement exits the current iteration of a loop, either conditionally or unconditionally, and transfers control to the end of either the current loop or an enclosing labeled loop.
Restriction on EXIT Statement
An EXIT
statement must be inside a LOOP
statement.
Topics
Syntax
Semantics
exit_statement
label
Name that identifies either the current loop or an enclosing loop.
Without label
, the EXIT
statement transfers control to the end of the current loop. With label
, the EXIT
statement transfers control to the end of the loop that label
identifies.
WHEN boolean_expression
Without this clause, the EXIT
statement exits the current iteration of the loop unconditionally. With this clause, the EXIT
statement exits the current iteration of the loop if and only if the value of boolean_expression
is TRUE
.
Examples
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Example 4-9, "Basic LOOP Statement with EXIT Statement"
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Example 4-10, "Basic LOOP Statement with EXIT WHEN Statement"
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Example 4-11, "Nested, Labeled Basic LOOP Statements with EXIT WHEN Statements"
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Example 4-25, "EXIT WHEN Statement in FOR LOOP Statement"
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Example 4-26, "EXIT WHEN Statement in Inner FOR LOOP Statement"
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