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What does goto do?
Short answer. It jumps to a label.
What should you use instead?
if, loops and break.
goto jumps to a label
| goto top; jumps to top: |
| Flow becomes hard to follow |
| Makes spaghetti code |
Remember
| Avoid goto |
| Use if, loops, break |
C has a goto statement. Should you ever use it? Goto jumps to a label. The flow gets hard to follow. Many jumps make tangled spaghetti code. Avoid goto. Use if, loops and break instead.
This clip is from the full lesson: Decision Making in C: if, else if and switch — 7 minutes, with the tables, the quick answers and the whole lesson in text.
Useful for: GSEB Std 10 Computer Studies, Programming All levels C
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