GOTO

Syntax

GOTO <line number>

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Purpose

To branch unconditionally out of the normal program sequence to a specified line number.

Remarks

If is an executable statement, that statement and those following are executed. If it is a nonexecutable statement, execution proceeds at the first executable statement encountered after .

Example

LIST
              10 READ R
              20 PRINT "R =" :R,
              30 A = 3.l4*R .... 2
              40 PRINT "AREA =" :A
              50 GOTO 10
              60 DATA 5,7,12
              Ok
              RUN
              R = 5                AREA = 78.5
              R = 7                AREA = 153.86
              R = 12               AREA = 452.16
              ?Out of data in 10
              Ok

See Also

• FOR...NEXT - Execute statements repeatedly with a loop counter
• GOSUB...RETURN - Branch to and return from a subroutine
• IF...THEN...ELSE - Make decisions and control program flow based on conditional expressions
• ON...GOSUB/ON...GOTO - Branch to one of several line numbers based on an expression value
• WHILE...WEND - Execute statements in a loop while a condition is true