loop xx = 1 to 10 -- xx is the control variable ... loop yy = 1 to 10 -- yy is the control variable ... if yy = 3 then leave xx -- xx loop terminated by leave if yy = 4 then leave yy -- yy loop terminated by leave ... end ... end xx loop label xlabel xx = 1 to 10 -- xx is still the control variable but LABEL takes precidence ... loop yy = 1 to 10 -- yy is the control variable ... if yy = 3 then leave xlabel -- xx loop terminated by leave ... end yy ... end xlabel do label FINIS say 'in do block' if (1 == 1) then leave FINIS say 'unreachable' signal Exception("Will never happen") catch ex = Exception ex.printStackTrace() finally say 'out of do block' end FINIS loop vv over ['A', 'B'] select label selecting case vv when 'A' then do; say 'A selected'; say '...'; end when 'B' then do; say 'B selected'; if (1 == 1) then leave selecting; say '...'; end otherwise do; say 'nl selection'; say '...'; end end selecting end vv