Transfers control to a labeled statement in a command procedure.

   Format

     GOTO  label

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PARAMETER

Examples

label
   Specifies a label of 1 to 255 alphanumeric characters that appears
   as the first item on a command line. A label may not contain
   embedded blanks. When the GOTO command is executed, control passes
   to the command following the specified label.

   When you use a label in a command procedure, it must be terminated
   with a colon (:).  If you use duplicate labels, control is always
   given to the label most recently read by DCL.

   1.  $ IF P1 .EQS. "HELP" THEN GOTO TELL
       $ IF P1 .EQS. "" THEN GOTO TELL
          .
          .
          .
       $ EXIT
       $ TELL:
       $ TYPE SYS$INPUT
       To use this procedure, you must enter a value for P1.
          .
          .
          .
       $ EXIT

     In this example, the IF command checks the first parameter
     passed to the command procedure; if this parameter is the
     string HELP or if the parameter is not specified, the GOTO
     command is executed and control is passed to the line labeled
     TELL. Otherwise, the procedure continues executing until the
     EXIT command is encountered. At the label TELL, a TYPE command
     displays data in the input stream that documents how to use the
     procedure.

   2.  $ ON ERROR THEN GOTO CHECK
          .
          .
          .
       $ EXIT
       $ CHECK:  ! Error handling routine
          .
          .
          .
       $ END:
       $ EXIT

     The ON command establishes an error-handling routine. If any
     command or procedure subsequently executed in the command
     procedure returns an error or severe error, the GOTO command
     transfers control to the label CHECK.