Ed Kolis
November 4th, 2003, 07:51 PM
Though there are times when I am tempted to use it instead of more "sophisticated" programming techniques... I mean, which is easier to read:
Old-Style Quick & Dirty Gotos
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">code:</font><hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;">foreach (Array innerArray in outerArray)
{
foreach (Item i in innerArray)
{
if (i == target)
{
foundit = true;
goto done;
}
}
}
done:</pre><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">"Sophisticated" Procedural Programming Workaround
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">code:</font><hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;">foreach (Array innerArray in outerArray)
{
foreach (Item i in innerArray)
{
if (i == target)
{
foundit = true;
// can't break out of more than one loop at once without a goto!
break;
}
}
// so I have to check again in each loop level to avoid wasting time searching for something I already found!
// not too annoying with only 2 levels, but with more... :eek:
if (foundit == true)
break;
}</pre><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">OK, that wasn't the best example (when was the Last time you had more than 3 levels of nested loops anyway? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif ) but there ARE times when a goto would come in handy, but I couldn't make myself touch it for fear of being shunned for life http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif