Goto Statement in C

This article is about the goto statement in C programming. Also, when and how to use it in your C programs.

Goto statement in C

The goto statement is a transfer control statement that provides an unconditional jump from the ‘goto’ to a specified labeled statement in the same function.

When a goto statement is met, the control of the program is transferred to the label and starts executing the code given in the label. The label is an identifier

NOTE – The main disadvantage of the goto statement is that it makes it difficult to trace the control flow of a program and makes the program hard to understand and modify.

Syntax

goto label;
... .. ...
... .. ...
label: 
statement;

Example

#include <stdio.h>  
int main()   
{  
    int a,i=1;   
    printf("Enter the value:");   
    scanf("%d",&a);  
    data:   
    printf("%d x %d = %d\n",a,i,a*i);  
    i++;  
    if(i<=5)  
    goto data;    
}