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Idiom #43 Break outer loop

Look for a negative value v in 2D integer matrix m. Print it and stop searching.

Control flow jumping forward after the end of the outermost loop
'outer: for v in m {
    'inner: for i in v {
        if i < 0 {
            println!("Found {}", i);
            break 'outer;
        }
    }
}

Loop label syntax is similar to lifetimes.
Outer_loop:
for A in M'Range (1) loop
   Inner_Loop:
   for B in M'Range (2) loop
      if M (A, B) < 0 then
         Put_Line (M (A, B)'Image);
         exit Outer_Loop;
      end if;
   end loop Inner_Loop;
end loop Outer_Loop;

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