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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">GoTo Statement</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<bookmark_value>GoTo statement</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>label; in GoTo statement</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153379" xml-lang="en-US">Continues program execution within a <literal>Sub</literal> or <literal>Function</literal> at the procedure line indicated by a label.</paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3149656">Syntax:</h2>
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<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id211588675705501" localize="false">GoTo label[:]</paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3150870">Parameters:</h2>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id471588670859073"><emph>label: </emph>A line identifier indicating where to continue execution. The scope of a label is that of the routine it belongs to.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152596" xml-lang="en-US">Use the <literal>GoTo</literal> statement to instruct $[officename] Basic to continue program execution at another place within the procedure. The position must be indicated by a label. To set a label, assign a name, and end it with a colon (":").</paragraph>
<paragraph role="warning" id="par_id3155416" xml-lang="en-US">You cannot use the <literal>GoTo</literal> statement to jump out of a <literal>Sub</literal> or <literal>Function</literal>.</paragraph>
<h2 id="hd_id3154731">Example:</h2>
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<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3156214" localize="false">Sub/Function</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3156424" xml-lang="en-US"> ' statement block</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3154685" localize="false"> GoTo Label1</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3145786" localize="false">Label2:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3161832" xml-lang="en-US"> ' statement block</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3146120" localize="false"> Exit Sub/Function</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3150010" localize="false">Label1:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3152462" xml-lang="en-US"> ' statement block</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3149664" localize="false"> GoTo Label2</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" id="par_id3152886" xml-lang="en-US">End Sub/Function</paragraph>
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