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===exit===
Exit is used to break out of loops. Exit can be used with a label to break out of an inner loop to an outer loop and its enclosing outer loop:
<syntaxhighlight lang="ada">Outer:
loop
loop
loop▼
▲ -- do something else
exit Outer; -- exits both the inner and outer loops
end
-- do something else
end loop;</syntaxhighlight>▼
end loop;
end loop Outer;</syntaxhighlight>
or, more idiomatically,
<syntaxhighlight lang="ada">Outer:
loop
-- do something
exit Outer when Finished;
-- do something else
end loop;
end loop Outer;</syntaxhighlight>
===return===
A procedure can be exited early, if there’s no more to be done.
<syntaxhighlight lang="ada">procedure Foo is
begin
-- do something
if Nothing_More_To_Do then
return;
end if;
-- do more
===asynchronous transfer of control===
A sequence of operation can be aborted with an asynchronous transfer of control to an alternative:
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