PPI::Statement::Break(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation PPI::Statement::Break(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

PPI::Statement::Break - Statements which break out of normal statement flow

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
  last;
  goto FOO;
  next if condition();
  return $foo;
  redo;
```

# [INHERITANCE](#INHERITANCE)

```
  PPI::Statement::Break
  isa PPI::Statement
      isa PPI::Node
          isa PPI::Element
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

"PPI::Statement::Break" is intended to represent statements that break out of the normal statement flow control. This covers the basic types 'redo', 'goto', 'next', 'last' and 'return'.

# [METHODS](#METHODS)

"PPI::Statement::Break" has no additional methods beyond the default ones provided by PPI::Statement, PPI::Node and PPI::Element.

However, it is expected to gain methods for identifying the line to break to, or the structure to break out of.

# [TO DO](#TO_DO)

\- Add the methods to identify the break target

\- Add some proper unit testing

# [SUPPORT](#SUPPORT)

See the support section in the main module.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

Copyright 2001 - 2011 Adam Kennedy.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.

2026-08-18 perl v5.44.0

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Document: PPI::Statement::Break(3pm) from perl-ppi 1.291-r1 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/Perl-Critic/PPI