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T h i s p rogram prints 'YES ' if a 'Y' is
en te r ed an d p r int s ' NO ' if anyth i ng else
i s en te r ed.
10 INPUT A$ .
20 IF A$="Y " THEN GOTO 50
30 PRINT " NO "
40 GOTO 60
50 PRINT " YES "
60 END
Examples
The express io n i n a GO TO stat e m en t m ay not in clu de a com m a, e. g., 'A(1, 2 )'
cannot be used . Sin c e t h ere is an ON ... GO TO st ru cture fo r c h o osi n g different
destinations at gi ve n locations in the program , the exp r essio n u s u all y con s i s ts of just
the desired line nu mber, i .e., 1 to 6527 9 , o r a n E RR O R 4 w ill occ ur.
Well designed progra m s u s ually f low s im p l y from be g inni ng t o e nd, except for
subroutines executed durin g the progr a m . T h er e fo re , th e p rincipa l use of the GOTO
verb is as a part of an IF. . .THE N s t a tement.
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The GOTO v er b 1r an s f e r s control fr om on e l oca t i on i n a BA S IC pr ogram t o a nother
location . Unl ike t h e G OSUB verb , G OTO d oes n ot " reme m be r " th e l oc a ti on fr o m
w hi c h th e tran sf er o cc u rred.
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The GOT O verb is us e d t o t rans f e r co nt r o l 1o a s pe c i fied li n e n u m b e r.
1 GOTO expression
Abbre vi at i o ns: G ., GO. , GOT.
See also : GO S U B, ON . .. GO S UB , O N ... GO T O
Verbs
GOTO