Based on what you've described here and elsewhere in the thread, your solution could be as easy as: 
our $i_cache;
for my $i ((defined $i_cache ? $i_cache+1 : 0) .. $#array) {
    $i_cache = $i;
    if(CONDITION_MET){ 
         last;
    }
}
undef $i_cache if $i_cache == $#array; # Reset if we went the whole wa
+y

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Note I've used our for the index cache, so that it is a global variable and thus will persist. This solution is not thread safe, but could be made so.

It's worth noting that the follow will not work: 

our $i;
for $i ($i ..10) {
    last if $i == 5;
}
print $i;

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When you use a variable with a scope outside a loop as the loop variable, is is automatically localized, so it won't give you a hint as to where the loop ended.

#11929 First ask yourself `How would I do this without a computer?' Then have the computer do it the same way.

In reply to Re: Breaking from a foreach loop, returning to position by kennethk
in thread Breaking from a foreach loop, returning to position by Anonymous Monk

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