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Idiom #42 Continue outer loop

Print each item v of list a which in not contained in list b.
For this, write an outer loop to iterate on a and an inner loop to iterate on b.

Illustration

Idiom #42 Continue outer loop

Print each item v of list a which in not contained in list b.
For this, write an outer loop to iterate on a and an inner loop to iterate on b.

Illustration
Code
int *v = a;
while (v < a+N)
{
    int *w = b;
    while (w < b+M)
    {
        if (*v == *w)
            goto OUTER;
        
        ++w;
    }
    printf("%d\n", *v);
    
    OUTER: ++v;
}
Comments bubble
N is the length of a.
M is the length of b.

Using goto is usually considered bad practice in C.