C# equivalent to Java's continue <label>?

Question

Should be simple and quick: I want a C# equivalent to the following Java code:

orig: for(String a : foo) {   for (String b : bar) {     if (b.equals("buzz")) {       continue orig;     }   }   // other code comes here... } 

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Edit: OK it seems there is no such equivalent (hey - Jon Skeet himself said there isn't, that settles it ;)). So the "solution" for me (in its Java equivalent) is:

for(String a : foo) {   bool foundBuzz = false;   for (String b : bar) {     if (b.equals("buzz")) {       foundBuzz = true;       break;     }   }   if (foundBuzz) {     continue;   }   // other code comes here... } 

Answer 1

I don't believe there's an equivalent, I'm afraid. You'll have to either use a boolean, or just "goto" the end of the inside of the outer loop. It's even messier than it sounds, as a label has to be applied to a statement - but we don't want to do anything here. However, I think this does what you want it to:

using System;  public class Test {     static void Main()     {         for (int i=0; i < 5; i++)         {             for (int j = 0; j < 5; j++)             {                Console.WriteLine("i={0} j={1}", i, j);                if (j == i + 2)                {                    goto end_of_loop;                   }             }             Console.WriteLine("After inner loop");             end_of_loop: {}         }     } } 

I would strongly recommend a different way of expressing this, however. I can't think that there are many times where there isn't a more readable way of coding it.

Answer 2

Other posibility is to make a function with the inner loop:

void mainFunc(string[] foo, string[] bar) {   foreach (string a in foo)     if (hasBuzz(bar))       continue;   // other code comes here... }  bool hasBuzz(string[] bar) {   foreach (string b in bar)     if (b.equals("buzz"))       return true;   return false; }