Top "Goto" questions

In imperative programming, a "go to" statement is an unconditional jump instruction that changes the flow of control to the point of the program referenced by the "go to" statement.

How do I skip an iteration if an IF condition becomes true, and go to the first line of do .. end?

I wrote the following code: require 'net/http' require 'uri' require 'IPAddr' require 'timeout' require 'Resolv' require 'open-uri' #puts "Origin …

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while(1) .. break instead of goto

I found the following code in a C program: while (1) { do_something(); if (was_an_error()) break; do_something_else(); …

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Replacement for goto statement in Swift

How can I transfer control to a specific line in Swift code? In Objective-C I would do something like the …

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(Windows batch) Goto within if block behaves very strangely

If I take the following Windows batch code snippet and run it: echo foo if 1 == 1 ( echo bar goto asdf :asdf …

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Why do some kernel programmers use goto instead of simple while loops?

When I learned C, teacher told me all day long: "Don't use goto, that's a bad habit, it's ugly, it's …

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How to store goto labels in an array and then jump to them?

I want to declare an array of "jumplabels". Then I want to jump to a "jumplabel" in this array. But …

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C/C++: is GOTO faster than WHILE and FOR?

I know, that everybody hates GOTO and nobody recommends it. But that's not the point. I just want to know, …

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C/C++: goto into the for loop

I have a bit unusual situation - I want to use goto statement to jump into the loop, not to …

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When implementing an infinite loop, is there a difference in using while(1) vs for(;;) vs goto (in C)?

When implementing an infinite loop, is there a difference in using while(1) vs for(;;) vs goto? Thanks, Chenz

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Recompile decompiled Java (JD / JAD) source that contains goto instructions

(Related question: Java compilers or JVM languages that support goto?) I have decompiled a jar (Legally, for debugging purposes) and …

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