How to jump out of a C++ code block?

Question

This is what I would like to do:

{
    ...
    if(condition)
        break;
    ...
}

This works for a loop. I would like something similar for a simple block of code. Is it possible?
Am I forced to use a "goto"?

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I think such an extension of the break statement would have been a useful addition to C++11...

Answer 1

In C++11 the best way to achieve this is use a anonymous lambda function and replacing break with return

[&](){
    ...
    if(condition)
        return;
    ...
 }();

Note that [&] captures all variables by reference, if you don't use any just replace it with []

Answer 2

How about

do
{
    ...
    if(condition)
        break;
    ...
}
while (0);

I don't particularly like this style but I've seen it before. If refactoring is out of the question (could be for a massive block that can break a lot of stuff if changed), this is an option.

Answer 3

Here's one way:

switch(0) {
default:
    /* code */
    if (cond) break;
    /* code */
}

(please never do this)

Answer 4

This one:

{
    // ...

    if (!condition)
    {
        // ...
    }
}

This will avoid goto to jump out of a block of code.