goto#

Purpose#

Causes a branch to a label.

Format#

goto label
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.
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label:

Examples#

x = seqa(.1, .1, 5);
n = { 1 2 3 };
goto  fip;
print x;
end;

fip:
print n;

1.0000000 2.0000000 3.0000000

Remarks#

Label names can be any legal GAUSS names up to 32 alphanumeric characters, beginning with an alphabetic character or an underscore, not a reserved word.

Labels are always followed immediately by a colon.

Labels do not have to be declared before they are used. GAUSS knows they are labels by the fact that they are followed immediately by a colon.

When GAUSS encounters a goto statement, it jumps to the specified label and continues execution of the program from there.

Parameters can be passed in a goto statement the same way as they can with a gosub.