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If the LABEL is omitted, the command refers to the innermost enclosing loop. The last EXPR form, available starting in Perl 5.18.0, allows a label name to be ... PerldocBrowser 5.36.0 Latest 5.36.0 5.34.1 5.34.0 5.32.1 5.32.0 5.30.3 5.30.2 5.30.1 5.30.0 5.28.3 5.28.2 5.28.1 5.28.0 5.26.3 5.26.2 5.26.1 5.26.0 5.24.4 5.24.3 5.24.2 5.24.1 5.24.0 5.22.4 5.22.3 5.22.2 5.22.1 5.22.0 5.20.3 5.20.2 5.20.1 5.20.0 5.18.4 5.18.3 5.18.2 5.18.1 5.18.0 5.16.3 5.16.2 5.16.1 5.16.0 5.14.4 5.14.3 5.14.2 5.14.1 5.14.0 5.12.5 5.12.4 5.12.3 5.12.2 5.12.1 5.12.0 5.10.1 5.10.0 5.8.9 5.8.8 5.8.7 5.8.6 5.8.5 5.8.4 5.8.3 5.8.2 5.8.1 5.8.0 5.6.2 5.6.1 5.6.0 5.005_04 5.005_03 5.005_02 5.005_01 5.005 Dev blead 5.37.4 5.37.3 5.37.2 5.37.1 5.37.0 5.36.0-RC3 5.36.0-RC2 5.35.11 5.35.10 5.35.9 5.35.8 5.35.7 5.35.6 5.35.5 5.35.4 5.35.3 5.35.2 5.35.1 5.35.0 5.33.9 5.33.8 5.33.7 5.33.6 5.33.5 5.33.4 5.33.3 5.33.2 5.33.1 5.33.0 Documentation Perl Intro Tutorials FAQs Reference Operators Functions Variables Modules Utilities Community History Expand functions /last (source, CPAN) #lastLABEL #lastEXPR #last ThelastcommandislikethebreakstatementinC(asusedinloops);itimmediatelyexitstheloopinquestion.IftheLABELisomitted,thecommandreferstotheinnermostenclosingloop.ThelastEXPRform,availablestartinginPerl5.18.0,allowsalabelnametobecomputedatruntime,andisotherwiseidenticaltolastLABEL.Thecontinueblock,ifany,isnotexecuted: LINE:while(){ lastLINEif/^$/;#exitwhendonewithheader #... } lastcannotreturnavaluefromablockthattypicallyreturnsavalue,suchaseval{},sub{},ordo{}.Itwillperformitsflowcontrolbehavior,whichprecludesanyreturnvalue.Itshouldnotbeusedtoexitagrepormapoperation. Notethatablockbyitselfissemanticallyidenticaltoaloopthatexecutesonce.Thuslastcanbeusedtoeffectanearlyexitoutofsuchablock. Seealsocontinueforanillustrationofhowlast,next,andredowork. Unlikemostnamedoperators,thishasthesameprecedenceasassignment.Itisalsoexemptfromthelooks-like-a-functionrule,solast("foo")."bar"willcause"bar"tobepartoftheargumenttolast. PerldocBrowserismaintainedbyDanBook(DBOOK).PleasecontacthimviatheGitHubissuetrackeroremailregardinganyissueswiththesiteitself,search,orrenderingofdocumentation. ThePerldocumentationismaintainedbythePerl5PortersinthedevelopmentofPerl.PleasecontactthemviathePerlissuetracker,themailinglist,orIRCtoreportanyissueswiththecontentsorformatofthedocumentation.