GOTO

EXEC Interpreter

goto.helpexc.txt
&GOTO STATEMENT                                                  EXEC statement

Use the &GOTO control statement to transfer control to a specific location in
the EXEC procedure.  Execution then continues at the location that is branched
to.  The format of the &GOTO control statement is:
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| &GOTO     | TOP|line number|-label                                          |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
where:

TOP      transfers control to the first line of the EXEC file.

line number
         transfers control to a specific line in the EXEC file.

-label   transfers control to a specific label in the EXEC file.  A label must
         begin with dash (-), and it must be the first token on a line.  The
         remainder of the line may contain an executable statement or it may be
         null.  Note that labels are case-sensitive.


Usage Notes:

1.  Scanning for an EXEC label starts on the line following the &GOTO
    statement, goes to the end of the file, then to the top of the file, and
    (if unsuccessful) ends on the line above the &GOTO statement.  If more than
    one statement in the file has the same label, the first one encountered by
    these rules satisfies the search.

2.  To provide a branch up or down a specific number of lines in the EXEC, use
    the &SKIP control statement.