Revisions to "loop:" in Java code. What is this, and why does it compile?

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edited Jan 5, 2019 at 9:57

As other posters have said, it is a label, not a key wordkeyword. UsingUsing labels allows you to do things like:

outer: for(;;) { inner: for(;;) { break outer; } }

This allows for breaking of the outer loop.

As other posters have said, it is a label, not a key word. Using labels allows you to do things like

outer: for(;;) { inner: for(;;) { break outer; } }

This allows for breaking of the outer loop.

As other posters have said, it is a label, not a keyword. Using labels allows you to do things like:

outer: for(;;) { inner: for(;;) { break outer; } }

This allows for breaking of the outer loop.

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edited Sep 29, 2010 at 16:38

As other posters have said, it is a label, not a key word. Using labels allows you to do things like

outer: for(;;) { inner: for(;;) { break outer; } }

This allows for breaking of the outer loop.

As other posters have said, it is a label, not a key word. Using labels allows you to do things like

outer: for(;;) { inner: for(;;) { break outer; } }

This allows for breaking of the outer loop.

As other posters have said, it is a label, not a key word. Using labels allows you to do things like

outer: for(;;) { inner: for(;;) { break outer; } }

This allows for breaking of the outer loop.

answered Sep 29, 2010 at 13:07

As other posters have said, it is a label, not a key word. Using labels allows you to do things like

outer: for(;;) { inner: for(;;) { break outer; } }

This allows for breaking of the outer loop.

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