Re: question relates to block label and continue/break control flow
Shawn wrote:
....
This is NOT OK:
public class Demo2 {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
mainForLoop:
{ //newly added
for(int i=1; i<=100;i++)
{
if(i%2 == 0) continue mainForLoop;
System.out.println("i= " + i);
}
} //newly added
}
}
I cannot understand the error message: "continue cannot be used outside
of a loop". Why an extra pair of brackets makes "outside of a loop"?
"The continue target must be a while, do, or for statement or a
compile-time error occurs."
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/statements.html#14.16
The continue target in the working version was a for statement, which is
fine. In the new version the continue target is a block.
The problem is that you have a continue with a target that is not a
loop, not that the continue itself is outside a loop, so the message
seems a bit confusing.
Patricia
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