c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le "use constant N_MAX => 10; ;; my $nCond; ;; CONDITION: for ($nCond = 1; $nCond <= N_MAX; ++$nCond) { print $nCond; last CONDITION if $nCond >= 3; } ;; print qq{only made it to condition $nCond} if $nCond < N_MAX; " 1 2 3 only made it to condition 3