Thread: Breaking out of a loop

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    Breaking out of a loop

    I'm just confused to think of a simple method to do this but

    Code:
    while (1) {
    
              length = recvfrom(s, buffer, BUF_SIZE, 0, NULL, NULL);
    
               if (eh->h_proto == ETH_P_NULL && memcmp( (const void*)eh->h_dest, (const void*)src_mac, ETH_MAC_LEN) == 0 ) {
    			/* Comparing the Ethertype*/
    			if(memcmp((void*)(etherhead+14), FCoe,2) == 0 || memcmp((void*)(etherhead+14),FIP,2) == 0){
    				Ethfrm->ptr = (struct FCfrm_t *)(&Ethfrm->pad);  // Ethfrm pointer 
    			} else if(memcmp((void*)(etherhead+14), VLAN,2) == 0){
    				Ethfrm->ptr = (struct FCfrm_t *)(&Ethfrm->reserved);
    				printf("VLAN HEADER\n");
    				if((etherhead[16]& 0x10) == 0x10){
    					//printf("readint %02X \n",etherhead[16]);
    					printEthfrm(Ethfrm);
    					//break;
    				}
    			} else {
    				printEthfrm(Ethfrm);
    				//break;
    			}
    		
    			/* Setting the FCframe_t StructureStart Pointer to the EthernetFrame*/
    			Ethfrm->ptr->StructureStart = Ethfrm;
                           ....
    			.....
    			....
                 }
    }
    Everytime i break i break out of the while loop but I want to break out of the if statement with the true arguement and I'm kinda not sure how to do it simply without just overdoing it.
    Last edited by kiros88; 09-01-2009 at 11:42 AM. Reason: Sorry rather just put the real code

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    You don't break out of an if statement. If you don't want the rest of the material in if(true) to be done when blah is true, then do "if (!blah) //all the other stuff".

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    Sorry bout that so like this is my setup and theres alot more code underneath. So I don't know where to put the if(!arguement)anymore but I need it so i do a printEthfrm(). Then just exit out of the if (eh->h_proto == ETH_P_NULL && memcmp( (const void*)eh->h_dest, (const void*)src_mac, ETH_MAC_LEN) == 0 ) statement and start back to the revcfrom() portion of the code.
    Last edited by kiros88; 09-01-2009 at 11:46 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kiros88 View Post
    Sorry bout that so like this is my setup and theres alot more stuff so iono where to do the if(!blah)anymore but I need it so i do a printEthfrm() then just exit out of the if statement and go back to the revcfrom()
    You need to end your sentences with periods. I have no idea what you are trying to say.
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    iono where to do the if(!blah)
    Assuming "iono" means "I don't know", The if(!blah) should simply be the stuff you don't want executed under 'blah' conditions. Of course, iono isn't really a word so I haven't got a clue what you really mean.

    However, if you just want to go back to the call to recvfrom(), you should look into the continue statement. It just jumps you to the next iteration of the loop.

    edit: based on your edits - I'd say you just need to add a "continue;" statement after your call to printEthfrm();

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    None of your break statements, if they did what you want, would skip any code! If I were you, I would stop to think about what you actually want to do.

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