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#### 1.2.4.3 Using `break`, `continue`, and `goto` The `break` statement jumps out of the loop containing it. The `continue` statement jumps to the end of the loop body, "continuing" with the next pass through the loop (if any). In deeply nested loops -- which are extremely rare in Yorick programs --- you can jump to more general places using the `goto` statement. For example, here is how to break out or continue from one or both levels of a doubly nested loop:
     for (i=1 ; i<=n ; ++i) {
       for (j=1 ; j<=m ; ++j) {
         if (skip_to_next_j_now) continue;
         if (skip_to_next_i_now) goto skip_i;
         if (break_out_of_inner_loop_now) break;
         if (break_out_of_both_loops_now) goto done;
         more_statements_A;
       }
       more_statements_B;
      skip_i:
     }
    done:
     more_statements_C;
The `continue` jumps just after `more_statements_A`, the `break` just before `more_statements_B`. Break and continue statements may be used to escape from `while` or `do while` loops as well. If `while` tests the condition before the loop body, and `do while` checks after the loop body, you may have wondered what to do when you need to check the condition in the middle of the loop body. The answer is the "do forever" construction, plus the `break` statement (note the inversion of the sense of the condition):
    for (;;) {
      body_before_test;
      if (!condition) break;
      body_after_test;
    }