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Use a Label breakTag(s): Language


Labelled breaks allow breaking out of several levels of nested loops inside a pair of curly braces. This way, you can almost simulate a GOTO! 
class JavaGoto {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    int max = 10;
    int limit = 5;
    int j = 0;
    out: {
       for (int row=0; row< max; row++ ) {
          for (int col=0; col< max; col++ ) {
            if( row == limit) break out;
          }
       j += 1;
       }
    }
    System.out.println(j); // output 5
  }
}
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