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C++ In a Nutshell
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C++ In a Nutshell

by Ray Lischner
May 2003
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
808 pages
32h 24m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

goto statement — Transfers execution to a labeled statement

Synopsis

               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

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