# From C to Julia: Notes from a low-level port

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**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [February 6, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/from-c-to-julia-notes-from-a-low-level-port/54743 "2021-02-06T16:53:41Z")
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> [@adolgert](#):
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> In Julia, for-loops have a new scope for the loop variable.

You can have the C behavior with the `outer` keyword:

> [@How to capture a for loop index after break?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-capture-a-for-loop-index-after-break/46342/4):
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> Are you looking for the outer keyword? function foo(p) local i for outer i = 1:100 rand() \> p && break end return i end

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