[Lua][Question] alternative to goto ::label:: ?

Just found out that we don't have a "goto label" option because CC uses lua 5.1 right?….. bummer
In this case could you guys recommend a way to call a redo for an IF statement from inside the IF itself! I can't use break because I'm inside 3 FORs and if I'm not mistaken that kills all the FORs
The code is something like this

for do
  for do
	for do
		::label::
		if condition then
		   ......
		   goto label
		else
		   .....
		end
	end
  end
end

My immediate solution would be to use use a WHILE loop similar to this:

for do
  for do
	for do
	   local aux = true
	   while condition and aux do
		 ......
		 ......
		 -- eventually
		 aux = false
	   end
	   ......
	   ......
	end
  end
end

This however would complicate the rest of my code.

Generally if you have to use goto your code isn't structured properly into functions. However it's not entirely clear what you actually want - break only does break out of one for, not all of them.

Yes. 'return' is the one that will exit an entire function. 'break' only affects the innermost current loop.

Cloudy, on 20 October 2012 - 04:01 PM said:

Generally if you have to use goto your code isn't structured properly into functions. However it's not entirely clear what you actually want - break only does break out of one for, not all of them.

I took your advice and it's getting pretty hard to make functions out of the algorithm. A goto would make it all so easy, I would have to over-complicate it with "global" variables or parameters. It is a small piece of code that I want to use in the CC competition. It's part of the algorithm that does the first search for trees in the neighborhood… it's a long story to explain…. sorry :)/>/>

The thing is I like making small algorithms and I try to avoid as much as possible "step by step" instructions, but I guess there is no choice :)/>/>

Hooray for parameters! You'll be fine.