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A statement in many ProgrammingLanguages which causes an unconditional branch to an arbitary point in the current function or method. In a host of early [BASIC] dialects, it was the only control structure available besides ''if'' statements.
Despite being maligned in general use, GoTo is still the best way to describe [FiniteStateMachine]s such as parsers in these languages.
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+It's also used in C programming a lot to provide something resembling "exceptions", particularly "finally" clauses. You often see "goto out" and then out is a label just before the final return.
See GoToStatementConsideredHarmful
