When I'm inside a do while loop sometimes it's necessary to jump out of
the loop using exit do. I'm also used to being able to jump back and
begin the loop again. Not sure which language my memories are of but I
think I just said loop somewhere inside the loop and it immediately
jumped back to the start of the loop and began again. I can't seem to
do that in .net. I this functionality available? 32 2555
"cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:ex**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... When I'm inside a do while loop sometimes it's necessary to jump out of the loop using exit do. I'm also used to being able to jump back and begin the loop again. Not sure which language my memories are of but I think I just said loop somewhere inside the loop and it immediately jumped back to the start of the loop and began again. I can't seem to do that in .net. I this functionality available?
I think in VB.Net 2005, you have the Continue statement, but I'm not sure.
In C#, it's continue (if my memory serves correctly).
HTH,
Mythran
Unfortunately I'm using VB.Net 2003 right now and continue doesn't
appear to do that in 2003. I believe continue does have that
functionality in some language.
Mythran wrote: "cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> wrote in message news:ex**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... When I'm inside a do while loop sometimes it's necessary to jump out of the loop using exit do. I'm also used to being able to jump back and begin the loop again. Not sure which language my memories are of but I think I just said loop somewhere inside the loop and it immediately jumped back to the start of the loop and began again. I can't seem to do that in .net. I this functionality available?
I think in VB.Net 2005, you have the Continue statement, but I'm not sure. In C#, it's continue (if my memory serves correctly).
HTH, Mythran
"cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> schrieb: Unfortunately I'm using VB.Net 2003 right now and continue doesn't appear to do that in 2003. I believe continue does have that functionality in some language.
You can still mimick the behavior of 'continue' using a named label and
'GoTo'...
--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>
Whowa! Your sure to get blasted for that idea. I hope you aren't using
your real name. :) I just might do that though.
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] wrote: "cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> schrieb: Unfortunately I'm using VB.Net 2003 right now and continue doesn't appear to do that in 2003. I believe continue does have that functionality in some language.
You can still mimick the behavior of 'continue' using a named label and 'GoTo'...
cj wrote: When I'm inside a do while loop sometimes it's necessary to jump out of the loop using exit do. I'm also used to being able to jump back and begin the loop again. Not sure which language my memories are of but I think I just said loop somewhere inside the loop and it immediately jumped back to the start of the loop and began again. I can't seem to do that in .net. I this functionality available?
The meaning of "continue" is to start the *next* iteration immediately and
bypass any further code in the loop body. If you want to continue the
current operation then you'd either have an inner loop or use a goto. If you
want to completely restart the loop then you'd be best enclosing it in an
outer loop. You mustn't use the goto idea for that one. Jumping out of the
loop to before the loop - that should get you those frowns. ;o)
I understand the functionality of continue. I also understand it
doesn't work in VB.Net 2003, right? It does in 2005, right?
I understand why goto is not generally a good thing but just because a
command has been frequently misused in the past doesn't make it bad. I
admire Herfried for suggesting goto. It seems like a perfect use.
Still I'm having a hard time using it because other say it's wrong.
It's a real conundrum. There has to be a way that socially acceptable
and personally feels right.
An outer loop is what I have started with because goto has been out of
my vocabulary since 87. Still I just don't like seeing one loop
inserted inside another just for this functionality. It looks funny and
just seems wrong. I'll come up with a better way. Something in the
nature subroutines and flags etc. I'll get something that feels better
when I get back to work tomorrow.
dotNuttah wrote: cj wrote: When I'm inside a do while loop sometimes it's necessary to jump out of the loop using exit do. I'm also used to being able to jump back and begin the loop again. Not sure which language my memories are of but I think I just said loop somewhere inside the loop and it immediately jumped back to the start of the loop and began again. I can't seem to do that in .net. I this functionality available?
The meaning of "continue" is to start the *next* iteration immediately and bypass any further code in the loop body. If you want to continue the current operation then you'd either have an inner loop or use a goto. If you want to completely restart the loop then you'd be best enclosing it in an outer loop. You mustn't use the goto idea for that one. Jumping out of the loop to before the loop - that should get you those frowns. ;o)
VB 6 doesn't have it either. What you see in VB 6 program is:
do
if somecondition then
...
...
end if
loop
In VB 2005 this would be
do
if not somecondition then continue
...
...
loop
It's awkward but it works. Also, it's interesting to note that the VB 2005
continue doesn't actually jump back to the start of the loop. It actually
jumps to the end of the loop and lets the loop control jump back. Watch it
in the debugger.
Mike Ober.
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... "cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> schrieb: Unfortunately I'm using VB.Net 2003 right now and continue doesn't
appear to do that in 2003. I believe continue does have that functionality in some language.
You can still mimick the behavior of 'continue' using a named label and 'GoTo'...
-- M S Herfried K. Wagner M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/> V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>
cj,
I don't agree with you and there is in my opinion enough written in this
newsgroup about that.
Can't you not use a Select Case. Probably makes that your program again much
readable then.
Cor
"cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> schreef in bericht
news:ei**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... I understand the functionality of continue. I also understand it doesn't work in VB.Net 2003, right? It does in 2005, right?
I understand why goto is not generally a good thing but just because a command has been frequently misused in the past doesn't make it bad. I admire Herfried for suggesting goto. It seems like a perfect use. Still I'm having a hard time using it because other say it's wrong. It's a real conundrum. There has to be a way that socially acceptable and personally feels right.
An outer loop is what I have started with because goto has been out of my vocabulary since 87. Still I just don't like seeing one loop inserted inside another just for this functionality. It looks funny and just seems wrong. I'll come up with a better way. Something in the nature subroutines and flags etc. I'll get something that feels better when I get back to work tomorrow.
dotNuttah wrote: cj wrote: When I'm inside a do while loop sometimes it's necessary to jump out of the loop using exit do. I'm also used to being able to jump back and begin the loop again. Not sure which language my memories are of but I think I just said loop somewhere inside the loop and it immediately jumped back to the start of the loop and began again. I can't seem to do that in .net. I this functionality available?
The meaning of "continue" is to start the *next* iteration immediately and bypass any further code in the loop body. If you want to continue the current operation then you'd either have an inner loop or use a goto. If you want to completely restart the loop then you'd be best enclosing it in an outer loop. You mustn't use the goto idea for that one. Jumping out of the loop to before the loop - that should get you those frowns. ;o)
cj wrote: When I'm inside a do while loop sometimes it's necessary to jump out of the loop using exit do. I'm also used to being able to jump back and begin the loop again. Not sure which language my memories are of but I think I just said loop somewhere inside the loop and it immediately jumped back to the start of the loop and began again. I can't seem to do that in .net. I this functionality available?
Did you use Clipper(xBase) by any chance? There a loop contruction there
like you describe it. I'm missing it too in VB. When porting some
routines over from xBase++ I've run into this problem and had to rethink
the logic.. too bad :(
--
Rinze van Huizen
C-Services Holland b.v
Sorry to hear you disagree. Anyway, it's just an opinion. Everyone has
one.
No, the select case would not work in this situation at all.
Cor Ligthert [MVP] wrote: cj,
I don't agree with you and there is in my opinion enough written in this newsgroup about that.
Can't you not use a Select Case. Probably makes that your program again much readable then.
Cor
"cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> schreef in bericht news:ei**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... I understand the functionality of continue. I also understand it doesn't work in VB.Net 2003, right? It does in 2005, right?
I understand why goto is not generally a good thing but just because a command has been frequently misused in the past doesn't make it bad. I admire Herfried for suggesting goto. It seems like a perfect use. Still I'm having a hard time using it because other say it's wrong. It's a real conundrum. There has to be a way that socially acceptable and personally feels right.
An outer loop is what I have started with because goto has been out of my vocabulary since 87. Still I just don't like seeing one loop inserted inside another just for this functionality. It looks funny and just seems wrong. I'll come up with a better way. Something in the nature subroutines and flags etc. I'll get something that feels better when I get back to work tomorrow.
dotNuttah wrote: cj wrote: When I'm inside a do while loop sometimes it's necessary to jump out of the loop using exit do. I'm also used to being able to jump back and begin the loop again. Not sure which language my memories are of but I think I just said loop somewhere inside the loop and it immediately jumped back to the start of the loop and began again. I can't seem to do that in .net. I this functionality available? The meaning of "continue" is to start the *next* iteration immediately and bypass any further code in the loop body. If you want to continue the current operation then you'd either have an inner loop or use a goto. If you want to completely restart the loop then you'd be best enclosing it in an outer loop. You mustn't use the goto idea for that one. Jumping out of the loop to before the loop - that should get you those frowns. ;o)
Yes, DOS based Clipper for over 7 years. I think that loop construction
is in several other languages too. Someone here suggested it's in C as
well. And it sounds like it's in VB .Net 2005.
Glad to hear from someone else who's heard of Clipper.
C-Services Holland b.v. wrote: cj wrote: When I'm inside a do while loop sometimes it's necessary to jump out of the loop using exit do. I'm also used to being able to jump back and begin the loop again. Not sure which language my memories are of but I think I just said loop somewhere inside the loop and it immediately jumped back to the start of the loop and began again. I can't seem to do that in .net. I this functionality available?
Did you use Clipper(xBase) by any chance? There a loop contruction there like you describe it. I'm missing it too in VB. When porting some routines over from xBase++ I've run into this problem and had to rethink the logic.. too bad :(
I could use lots of "if somecondition" nested together. But, IMHO by
the time you get to checking conditions in 5,6 or 7 places in the loop
it makes for a very funny looking program with all the nested ifs.
Things begin to get indented off the right side of the screen.
Basically I'm starting the loop and if things go correctly I execute all
code in it. But at say 6 places in the loop I have to check how things
are going. If they are not going well I want to forget about processing
the remainder of work in the loop and try the next iteration.
Michael D. Ober wrote: VB 6 doesn't have it either. What you see in VB 6 program is:
do if somecondition then ... ... end if loop
In VB 2005 this would be
do if not somecondition then continue ... ... loop
It's awkward but it works. Also, it's interesting to note that the VB 2005 continue doesn't actually jump back to the start of the loop. It actually jumps to the end of the loop and lets the loop control jump back. Watch it in the debugger.
Mike Ober.
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... "cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> schrieb: Unfortunately I'm using VB.Net 2003 right now and continue doesn't appear to do that in 2003. I believe continue does have that functionality in some language. You can still mimick the behavior of 'continue' using a named label and 'GoTo'...
-- M S Herfried K. Wagner M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/> V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>
How about making the loop in its own procedure that can take the appropriate
arguments you'll need to use to determine if the loop "is going well and
should continue"?
You can still exit from the loop (or from the sub if the loop is in one) if
you need to and you'd be able to re-call the loop/procedure and pass it what
it needs to begin again.
"cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:ex**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... When I'm inside a do while loop sometimes it's necessary to jump out of the loop using exit do. I'm also used to being able to jump back and begin the loop again. Not sure which language my memories are of but I think I just said loop somewhere inside the loop and it immediately jumped back to the start of the loop and began again. I can't seem to do that in .net. I this functionality available?
cj wrote: I understand the functionality of continue. I also understand it doesn't work in VB.Net 2003, right? It does in 2005, right?
I don't know about 2005. ;-)
I understand why goto is not generally a good thing but just because a command has been frequently misused in the past doesn't make it bad. I admire Herfried for suggesting goto. It seems like a perfect use.
I've never thought goto was bad. I think that bad use of it is bad. :-D
Still I'm having a hard time using it because other say it's wrong. It's a real conundrum. There has to be a way that socially acceptable and personally feels right.
You're the only one that can change your personal perspective on it.
Socially it really depends on who's opinion you're giving value to. I wonder
what would happen if you change your personal perspective to let you use
goto when the situation warrants it, and give it more priority than "social"
opinion. :-))
An outer loop is what I have started with because goto has been out of my vocabulary since 87. Still I just don't like seeing one loop inserted inside another just for this functionality. It looks funny and just seems wrong.
I often use that method but yep, it looks clumsy, clumsy and makes the code
cry out for some decent syntax for this structure. I can't remember where it
was but one language I came across had "break" (or exit loop) and "continue"
with an index. The index was the level of the loop that the break or
continue was applied to. Very handy.
To make the goto easy to use for a reader you have to make it stand out in
the code, else the reader might be hunting all over for it and that can look
clumsy too. Do you have the label in column one or indent it (and hence bury
it, to a degree) in the code which it labels? :-/ A choice of name that says
where to go/look, like "goto bottom_of_loop" helps.
I'll come up with a better way. Something in the nature subroutines and flags etc.
Aye, it sounds as if the loop body contains enough that a subroutine would
be appropriate anyway, perhaps.
I'll get something that feels better when I get back to work tomorrow.
:-))
dotNuttah wrote: cj wrote: When I'm inside a do while loop sometimes it's necessary to jump out of the loop using exit do. I'm also used to being able to jump back and begin the loop again. Not sure which language my memories are of but I think I just said loop somewhere inside the loop and it immediately jumped back to the start of the loop and began again. I can't seem to do that in .net. I this functionality available?
The meaning of "continue" is to start the *next* iteration immediately and bypass any further code in the loop body. If you want to continue the current operation then you'd either have an inner loop or use a goto. If you want to completely restart the loop then you'd be best enclosing it in an outer loop. You mustn't use the goto idea for that one. Jumping out of the loop to before the loop - that should get you those frowns. ;o)
"cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... Whowa! Your sure to get blasted for that idea. I hope you aren't using your real name. :) I just might do that though.
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] wrote: "cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> schrieb: Unfortunately I'm using VB.Net 2003 right now and continue doesn't appear to do that in 2003. I believe continue does have that functionality in some language.
You can still mimick the behavior of 'continue' using a named label and 'GoTo'...
lol Herfried is a very popular poster here :) As well as an MVP...he'll be
blasted for being both of those for sure <ducks>
Naw, Herfried is a good poster and if he gets blasted...
Mythran
> An outer loop is what I have started with because goto has been out of my vocabulary since 87.
Never do batch files eh? Like you said, it's not a bad command, just a
misused command. And if you want the functionality of "Continue" without
using the IF's, then Goto is the perfect command for what you are trying to
accomplish.
Mythran
cj <cj@nospam.nospam> wrote in
news:#z**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl: Basically I'm starting the loop and if things go correctly I execute all code in it. But at say 6 places in the loop I have to check how things are going. If they are not going well I want to forget about processing the remainder of work in the loop and try the next iteration.
You could always try structured programming:
Do While True
carryOn = True
if carryOn Then
DoSomeProcessing()
carryOn = Not ConditionMet()
end if
if carryOn Then
DoSomeMoreProcessing()
If Not AnotherCondition() Then
carryOn = False
End If
end if
if carryOn Then
DoLastBitOfWork
If FinalCondition > criterionDecided Then
Exit Do
End If
End If
Loop
Hope that helps
Tim F
I thought about that this AM but after all the thought I have a double
do loop.
do
do
cj,
You can do it without a continue, a goto or whatever. I have once made a
sample for that when Marina told I could not. It is unreadable, however.
Therefore I do not show it here.
It was almost the same as yours, although she had made an impossible
chalenge as sample.
Cor
Wow, not just anyone but a respected member of the community
recommending me to use goto. :) That took guts! I hope the community
still respects him.
Well, in case you haven't read all the other branches of this message I
can't seem to go against all these years of negative public opinion. I
decided to use nested do loops. I still think this is one time goto is
actually a practical, legitimate, and indeed inspired idea. I wish I
had the guts to use it. Herfried, your opinions are always welcome in
my posts.
Mythran wrote: "cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> wrote in message news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... Whowa! Your sure to get blasted for that idea. I hope you aren't using your real name. :) I just might do that though.
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] wrote: "cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> schrieb: Unfortunately I'm using VB.Net 2003 right now and continue doesn't appear to do that in 2003. I believe continue does have that functionality in some language.
You can still mimick the behavior of 'continue' using a named label and 'GoTo'...
lol Herfried is a very popular poster here :) As well as an MVP...he'll be blasted for being both of those for sure <ducks>
Naw, Herfried is a good poster and if he gets blasted...
Mythran
Yes, that works too but requires me to enclose every segment of the code
in if else statements checking to see if it's ok to do it. I did use
this type of code in one place except I called it loopError and set it
to False and if it remains false It does all the ifs. Strangely next to
the non existent loop/continue statement goto would seem to create the
most readable and compact code. The example in VB.net 2003's help for
goto is an example of a bad use of goto.
Tim Ferguson wrote: cj <cj@nospam.nospam> wrote in news:#z**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl:
Basically I'm starting the loop and if things go correctly I execute all code in it. But at say 6 places in the loop I have to check how things are going. If they are not going well I want to forget about processing the remainder of work in the loop and try the next iteration.
You could always try structured programming:
Do While True carryOn = True
if carryOn Then DoSomeProcessing() carryOn = Not ConditionMet()
end if
if carryOn Then DoSomeMoreProcessing() If Not AnotherCondition() Then carryOn = False End If
end if
if carryOn Then DoLastBitOfWork If FinalCondition > criterionDecided Then Exit Do End If End If
Loop Hope that helps
Tim F
Gee, I'm getting lots of support on this topic. Sounds like something
that needs discussing. I've done lots of batch files and you sure do
have to get, shall we say creative, to branch and make decisions.
Look familiar:
@echo off
if %1. == full. goto full
if %1. == FULL. goto full
goto mod
:full
In reviewing some of this just now I see one thing that would need to be
considered in choosing goto vs nested loops. I'm not sure but I suspect
the functionality of the not in VB.net 2003 loop/continue statement
would work more like the nested loops alternative than the goto
alternative. In a nested loop situation the exit sub would exit the
inner loop and therefore you'd re-enter the loop with any variables
declared inside the loop being refreshed, for lack of a better word. I
haven't tried but I get the impression from the help that goto can't be
used to jump outside a loop (to the line above it) so it could be
restarted, hence goto could only be used to go to the first line inside
the loop. variables inside the loop would not be refreshed they would
be as they existed before the goto was executed. This could be good or
it could be bad. Just has to be checked into and considered.
Mythran wrote: An outer loop is what I have started with because goto has been out of my vocabulary since 87.
Never do batch files eh? Like you said, it's not a bad command, just a misused command. And if you want the functionality of "Continue" without using the IF's, then Goto is the perfect command for what you are trying to accomplish.
Mythran
Thanks for all the support. I posted this to Mythran also but I wanted
to make sure you saw it as well.
In reviewing some of this just now I see one thing that would need to be
considered in choosing goto vs nested loops. I'm not sure but I suspect
the functionality of the not in VB.net 2003 loop/continue statement
would work more like the nested loops alternative than the goto
alternative. In a nested loop situation the exit sub would exit the
inner loop and therefore you'd re-enter the loop with any variables
declared inside the loop being refreshed, for lack of a better word. I
haven't tried but I get the impression from the help that goto can't be
used to jump outside a loop (to the line above it) so it could be
restarted, hence goto could only be used to go to the first line inside
the loop. variables inside the loop would not be refreshed they would
be as they existed before the goto was executed. This could be good or
it could be bad. Just has to be checked into and considered.
dotNuttah wrote: cj wrote: I understand the functionality of continue. I also understand it doesn't work in VB.Net 2003, right? It does in 2005, right?
I don't know about 2005. ;-)
I understand why goto is not generally a good thing but just because a command has been frequently misused in the past doesn't make it bad. I admire Herfried for suggesting goto. It seems like a perfect use.
I've never thought goto was bad. I think that bad use of it is bad. :-D
Still I'm having a hard time using it because other say it's wrong. It's a real conundrum. There has to be a way that socially acceptable and personally feels right.
You're the only one that can change your personal perspective on it. Socially it really depends on who's opinion you're giving value to. I wonder what would happen if you change your personal perspective to let you use goto when the situation warrants it, and give it more priority than "social" opinion. :-))
An outer loop is what I have started with because goto has been out of my vocabulary since 87. Still I just don't like seeing one loop inserted inside another just for this functionality. It looks funny and just seems wrong.
I often use that method but yep, it looks clumsy, clumsy and makes the code cry out for some decent syntax for this structure. I can't remember where it was but one language I came across had "break" (or exit loop) and "continue" with an index. The index was the level of the loop that the break or continue was applied to. Very handy.
To make the goto easy to use for a reader you have to make it stand out in the code, else the reader might be hunting all over for it and that can look clumsy too. Do you have the label in column one or indent it (and hence bury it, to a degree) in the code which it labels? :-/ A choice of name that says where to go/look, like "goto bottom_of_loop" helps.
I'll come up with a better way. Something in the nature subroutines and flags etc.
Aye, it sounds as if the loop body contains enough that a subroutine would be appropriate anyway, perhaps.
I'll get something that feels better when I get back to work tomorrow.
:-))
dotNuttah wrote: cj wrote: When I'm inside a do while loop sometimes it's necessary to jump out of the loop using exit do. I'm also used to being able to jump back and begin the loop again. Not sure which language my memories are of but I think I just said loop somewhere inside the loop and it immediately jumped back to the start of the loop and began again. I can't seem to do that in .net. I this functionality available? The meaning of "continue" is to start the *next* iteration immediately and bypass any further code in the loop body. If you want to continue the current operation then you'd either have an inner loop or use a goto. If you want to completely restart the loop then you'd be best enclosing it in an outer loop. You mustn't use the goto idea for that one. Jumping out of the loop to before the loop - that should get you those frowns. ;o)
It sure has been nice discussing this here. I guess I found a subject
that many folks have encountered. There are lots of way to tackle the
problem. The continue/loop functionality I hoped existed in VB.Net 2003
for the do loop structure would be a perfect for this job. Since it
isn't I keep looking to find the next most perfect solution. Still I
don't have infinite time so I went with the nested do loop. It's not
perfect but it'll get the job done. When I have more time I'm going to
look into the goto some. Might have to put it back into service in this
one specific type of situation.
I need to get 2005 loaded and see what's in it sometime but that'll
probably be a few more months.
Cor Ligthert [MVP] wrote: cj,
You can do it without a continue, a goto or whatever. I have once made a sample for that when Marina told I could not. It is unreadable, however. Therefore I do not show it here.
It was almost the same as yours, although she had made an impossible chalenge as sample.
Cor
Ooops, I refered to exit sub where I meant exit do.
cj wrote: Thanks for all the support. I posted this to Mythran also but I wanted to make sure you saw it as well.
In reviewing some of this just now I see one thing that would need to be considered in choosing goto vs nested loops. I'm not sure but I suspect the functionality of the not in VB.net 2003 loop/continue statement would work more like the nested loops alternative than the goto alternative. In a nested loop situation the exit sub would exit the inner loop and therefore you'd re-enter the loop with any variables declared inside the loop being refreshed, for lack of a better word. I haven't tried but I get the impression from the help that goto can't be used to jump outside a loop (to the line above it) so it could be restarted, hence goto could only be used to go to the first line inside the loop. variables inside the loop would not be refreshed they would be as they existed before the goto was executed. This could be good or it could be bad. Just has to be checked into and considered.
dotNuttah wrote: cj wrote: I understand the functionality of continue. I also understand it doesn't work in VB.Net 2003, right? It does in 2005, right?
I don't know about 2005. ;-)
I understand why goto is not generally a good thing but just because a command has been frequently misused in the past doesn't make it bad. I admire Herfried for suggesting goto. It seems like a perfect use.
I've never thought goto was bad. I think that bad use of it is bad. :-D
Still I'm having a hard time using it because other say it's wrong. It's a real conundrum. There has to be a way that socially acceptable and personally feels right.
You're the only one that can change your personal perspective on it. Socially it really depends on who's opinion you're giving value to. I wonder what would happen if you change your personal perspective to let you use goto when the situation warrants it, and give it more priority than "social" opinion. :-))
An outer loop is what I have started with because goto has been out of my vocabulary since 87. Still I just don't like seeing one loop inserted inside another just for this functionality. It looks funny and just seems wrong.
I often use that method but yep, it looks clumsy, clumsy and makes the code cry out for some decent syntax for this structure. I can't remember where it was but one language I came across had "break" (or exit loop) and "continue" with an index. The index was the level of the loop that the break or continue was applied to. Very handy.
To make the goto easy to use for a reader you have to make it stand out in the code, else the reader might be hunting all over for it and that can look clumsy too. Do you have the label in column one or indent it (and hence bury it, to a degree) in the code which it labels? :-/ A choice of name that says where to go/look, like "goto bottom_of_loop" helps.
I'll come up with a better way. Something in the nature subroutines and flags etc.
Aye, it sounds as if the loop body contains enough that a subroutine would be appropriate anyway, perhaps.
I'll get something that feels better when I get back to work tomorrow.
:-))
dotNuttah wrote: cj wrote: > When I'm inside a do while loop sometimes it's necessary to jump out > of the loop using exit do. I'm also used to being able to jump back > and begin the loop again. Not sure which language my memories are > of but I think I just said loop somewhere inside the loop and it > immediately jumped back to the start of the loop and began again. I > can't seem to do that in .net. I this functionality available? The meaning of "continue" is to start the *next* iteration immediately and bypass any further code in the loop body. If you want to continue the current operation then you'd either have an inner loop or use a goto. If you want to completely restart the loop then you'd be best enclosing it in an outer loop. You mustn't use the goto idea for that one. Jumping out of the loop to before the loop - that should get you those frowns. ;o)
Ooops, I said exit sub where I meant exit do.
cj wrote: Gee, I'm getting lots of support on this topic. Sounds like something that needs discussing. I've done lots of batch files and you sure do have to get, shall we say creative, to branch and make decisions.
Look familiar:
@echo off if %1. == full. goto full if %1. == FULL. goto full goto mod :full
In reviewing some of this just now I see one thing that would need to be considered in choosing goto vs nested loops. I'm not sure but I suspect the functionality of the not in VB.net 2003 loop/continue statement would work more like the nested loops alternative than the goto alternative. In a nested loop situation the exit sub would exit the inner loop and therefore you'd re-enter the loop with any variables declared inside the loop being refreshed, for lack of a better word. I haven't tried but I get the impression from the help that goto can't be used to jump outside a loop (to the line above it) so it could be restarted, hence goto could only be used to go to the first line inside the loop. variables inside the loop would not be refreshed they would be as they existed before the goto was executed. This could be good or it could be bad. Just has to be checked into and considered.
Mythran wrote: An outer loop is what I have started with because goto has been out of my vocabulary since 87.
Never do batch files eh? Like you said, it's not a bad command, just a misused command. And if you want the functionality of "Continue" without using the IF's, then Goto is the perfect command for what you are trying to accomplish.
Mythran
I think you may have misunderstood the suggestion for using goto. Make
the goto go to the end of the loop, not the beginning, and you get
exactly the functionality of a continue statement, no messy inner loop.
Ex:
do
"cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... Thanks for all the support. I posted this to Mythran also but I wanted to make sure you saw it as well.
In reviewing some of this just now I see one thing that would need to be considered in choosing goto vs nested loops. I'm not sure but I suspect the functionality of the not in VB.net 2003 loop/continue statement would work more like the nested loops alternative than the goto alternative. In a nested loop situation the exit sub would exit the inner loop and therefore you'd re-enter the loop with any variables declared inside the loop being refreshed, for lack of a better word. I haven't tried but I get the impression from the help that goto can't be used to jump outside a loop (to the line above it) so it could be restarted, hence goto could only be used to go to the first line inside the loop. variables inside the loop would not be refreshed they would be as they existed before the goto was executed. This could be good or it could be bad. Just has to be checked into and considered.
Depends how you write it...
Your explanation is correct if written this way:
[begin loop]
[:MyLabel]
[do stuff]
[goto MyLabel]
[end loop]
You explanation is in-correct if written this way:
[begin loop]
[goto MyLabel]
[do stuff]
[:MyLabel]
[end loop]
So placing the label right before the loop re-starts will make it
iterate/increment properly :)
Mythran
Quite true indeed.
Mythran wrote: "cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> wrote in message news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... Thanks for all the support. I posted this to Mythran also but I wanted to make sure you saw it as well.
In reviewing some of this just now I see one thing that would need to be considered in choosing goto vs nested loops. I'm not sure but I suspect the functionality of the not in VB.net 2003 loop/continue statement would work more like the nested loops alternative than the goto alternative. In a nested loop situation the exit sub would exit the inner loop and therefore you'd re-enter the loop with any variables declared inside the loop being refreshed, for lack of a better word. I haven't tried but I get the impression from the help that goto can't be used to jump outside a loop (to the line above it) so it could be restarted, hence goto could only be used to go to the first line inside the loop. variables inside the loop would not be refreshed they would be as they existed before the goto was executed. This could be good or it could be bad. Just has to be checked into and considered.
Depends how you write it...
Your explanation is correct if written this way:
[begin loop] [:MyLabel] [do stuff] [goto MyLabel] [end loop]
You explanation is in-correct if written this way:
[begin loop] [goto MyLabel] [do stuff] [:MyLabel] [end loop]
So placing the label right before the loop re-starts will make it iterate/increment properly :)
Mythran
Yes, that'll also work.
Sebastian wrote: I think you may have misunderstood the suggestion for using goto. Make the goto go to the end of the loop, not the beginning, and you get exactly the functionality of a continue statement, no messy inner loop.
Ex: do . if something goto LoopContinue . . . if something goto LoopContinue . if something goto LoopContinue .
LoopContinue: while continue
cj wrote: I thought about that this AM but after all the thought I have a double do loop.
do do . if something exit do . . . if something exit do . if something exit do . while innerLoop while continue
Not beautiful but it was time to make a decision and move on. Couldn't bring myself to use goto. Scott M. wrote: How about making the loop in its own procedure that can take the appropriate arguments you'll need to use to determine if the loop "is going well and should continue"?
You can still exit from the loop (or from the sub if the loop is in one) if you need to and you'd be able to re-call the loop/procedure and pass it what it needs to begin again.
"cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> wrote in message news:ex**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... When I'm inside a do while loop sometimes it's necessary to jump out of the loop using exit do. I'm also used to being able to jump back and begin the loop again. Not sure which language my memories are of but I think I just said loop somewhere inside the loop and it immediately jumped back to the start of the loop and began again. I can't seem to do that in .net. I this functionality available?
cj <cj@nospam.nospam> wrote in news:et**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl: Strangely next to the non existent loop/continue statement goto would seem to create the most readable and compact code.
Yebbut, Nobbut, Yebbut, Nobbut Yeah, you see... it's all about how far the
Goto GetOutOfHereNow is from the :GetOutOfHereNow. In many implementations
they end up a long way away, and it's the code-maintainer that comes along
later and doesn't spot it.
For my money, structured programming is all about putting code into little
self-contained boxes, and any path that suddenly arrives at another point
with several different possibilities for variables that have been
initialised or not, files that have been opened or closed or not, etc etc
is asking for trouble. YMMV of course.
All the best
Tim F
Very true. I'd add that not only is it bad practice to have a GoTo too
far from the label, it is just as bad to have too many lines of code
within an if, loop, do or whatever statement. If the top and bottom of
the code are close enough to be enclosed in a do loop the goto wouldn't
be a problem.
Also lets not forget what others have pointed out as well. Proper
naming is critical in anything. GoTo GetOutOfhere Now wouldn't be as
nice as GoTo BottomOfContinueLoop assuming I'm using Do, While Continue
as the loop. Heck for that matter Continue is a bad choice of names in
most situations. It'd be better to use Do, While GetNewShippingRecords
or something. Except that Continue is easily readable and
understandable in this specific app.
I'd further mention, and it's a pet peeve of mine, that I've seen these
little self contained boxes used to the point that they make code
unreadable. Some folks, and I'm not insinuating your one of them, use
them to such a point that he main code has nothing in it but calls and
then you find all it does is call others. Your jumping all over the
place to see what the next subroutine does and it becomes its own form
of spaghetti code. If you don't have to call a routine but from one
place you might not need to put it in a routine. Might, I said.
Sometimes it's good of course, like to remove a huge section of distinct
code to keep routines short enough to read.
Tim Ferguson wrote: cj <cj@nospam.nospam> wrote in news:et**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl:
Strangely next to the non existent loop/continue statement goto would seem to create the most readable and compact code.
Yebbut, Nobbut, Yebbut, Nobbut Yeah, you see... it's all about how far the Goto GetOutOfHereNow is from the :GetOutOfHereNow. In many implementations they end up a long way away, and it's the code-maintainer that comes along later and doesn't spot it.
For my money, structured programming is all about putting code into little self-contained boxes, and any path that suddenly arrives at another point with several different possibilities for variables that have been initialised or not, files that have been opened or closed or not, etc etc is asking for trouble. YMMV of course.
All the best
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