in reply to RE: exiting a if loop
in thread exiting a if loop

Sure you can. Check the last para in the doc: 
    Note that a block by itself is semantically
    identical to a loop that executes once.  Thus
    `last' can be used to effect an early exit out of
    such a block.

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RE (3) paulbort: exiting a if loop
by nuance (Hermit) on Jun 06, 2000 at 20:24 UTC
    An "if block" is not considered a looping construct on it's own, it's an exception, so the loop exit statements don't work. What you can do is make the "if block" contain just a "bare block". Since a bare block is considered a loop then it works, so: 
    if (true) {
  yada;
  yada;
  next if $foo;
  yada;
  yada;
}

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    Doesn't work, 
    if (true) {
  {
    yada;
    yada;
    next if $foo;
    yada;
    yada;
  }
  # next comes here
}

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    Does.

    Nuance

    Baldrick, you wouldn't see a subtle plan if it painted itself purple and danced naked on top of a harpsichord, singing "Subtle plans are here again!"

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