goto statement

goto statement

Transfers execution to a labeled statement

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  statement  := goto  identifier  ; 

The goto statement transfers control to another statement in the same function. The identifier must match a statement label elsewhere in the function. Statement labels have the form identifier : statement .

Control cannot transfer into a try block. Transferring control into the middle of a block and across a declaration results in undefined behavior unless the declaration is for an uninitialized POD object.

Example

 while (getline(cin, line))   for (size_t i = 0; i < line.size(  ); ++i)     if (line[i] == '.')  goto  exit; // Break out of nested loops. exit: ... 

See Also

break , continue , statement , Chapter 4