▲ | russellbeattie 12 hours ago | |||||||
Browsing the code, I've never seen this form of goto:
I just looked it up. It's a multi-way branch: GOTO(label_1, label_2, label_3, etc.), integer_expression.If the integer value is 1 (not zero), control flow transfers to label_1, if the value is 2, it transfers to the second label, etc. Interesting! It's like a simplified switch statement. | ||||||||
▲ | tgv 9 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
I think it's called a computed goto in FORTRAN: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19957-01/805-4939/6j4m0vn9l/inde... | ||||||||
▲ | mayank 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
Indeed! It’s a form of a branch table: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branch_table | ||||||||
▲ | beej71 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
A number of BASICs had ON GOTO to accomplish this, IIRC. It's been a few decades since I've used it, though. :) | ||||||||
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