Breaking/exit nested for in vb.net

How do I get out of nested for or loop in vb.net?

I tried using exit for but it jumped or breaked only one for loop only.

How can I make it for the following:

for each item in itemList
     for each item1 in itemList1
          if item1.text = "bla bla bla" then
                exit for
          end if
     end for
end for

Solution

Unfortunately, there's no exit two levels of for statement, but there are a few workarounds to do what you want:

Goto. In general, using goto is considered to be bad practice (and rightfully so), but using goto solely for a forward jump out of structured control statements is usually considered to be OK, especially if the alternative is to have more complicated code.
```
For Each item In itemList
    For Each item1 In itemList1
        If item1.Text = "bla bla bla" Then
            Goto end_of_for
        End If
    Next
Next

end_of_for:
```

Dummy outer block

Do
    For Each item In itemList
        For Each item1 In itemList1
            If item1.Text = "bla bla bla" Then
                Exit Do
            End If
        Next
    Next
Loop While False

Try
    For Each item In itemlist
        For Each item1 In itemlist1
            If item1 = "bla bla bla" Then
                Exit Try
            End If
        Next
    Next
Finally
End Try

Separate function: Put the loops inside a separate function, which can be exited with return. This might require you to pass a lot of parameters, though, depending on how many local variables you use inside the loop. An alternative would be to put the block into a multi-line lambda, since this will create a closure over the local variables.

Boolean variable: This might make your code a bit less readable, depending on how many layers of nested loops you have:

Dim done = False

For Each item In itemList
    For Each item1 In itemList1
        If item1.Text = "bla bla bla" Then
            done = True
            Exit For
        End If
    Next
    If done Then Exit For
Next