Thanks for the information on "continue" and I stand corrected on "break".

Sean


On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Byron Jeff<byronjeff@clayton.edu> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 11:55:32AM -0400, Sean Breheny wrote:
>> What is a "continue" statement? I assumed we were talking about C
>> here, I've never seen a C keyword "continue"
>
> Answered elsewhere.
>
>>
>> Also, I think that break DOES work inside the {} following an IF
>> statement. It immediately takes you out of the {}.
>
> Nope. 2 second test
>
> Code:
>
> #include <stdio.h>
>
> main()
> {
> =A0 int a =3D 1;
>
> =A0 if (a =3D=3D 1) {
> =A0 =A0 =A0printf("Before break\n");
> =A0 =A0 =A0break;
> =A0 =A0 =A0printf("After break\n");
> =A0 }
> =A0 else {
> =A0 =A0 =A0printf("before break in else\n");
> =A0 =A0 =A0break;
> =A0 =A0 =A0printf("before break in else\n");
> =A0 }
> }
>
> Produced.
>
> cc =A0 =A0 testme.c =A0 -o testme
> testme.c: In function 'main':
> testme.c:9: error: break statement not within a loop or switch
> testme.c:14: error: break statement not within a loop or switch
> make: *** [testme] Error 1
>
> Continues and breaks only work within certain constructs.
>
> BAJ
>>
>> Sean
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 6:11 PM, Marcel
>> Birthelmer<marcelb.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> #define while if
>> >>
>> >
>> > This would choke on break/continue statements, though.
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