goto Statement

goto name;
. . .
name: statement

The goto keyword transfers control directly to the statement specified by the label name.

For related information, see if, return, and switch.

Example

In this example, a goto statement transfers control to the point labeled stop when i equals 5.

// Example of the goto statement
void main()
{
    int i, j;

    for ( i = 0; i < 10; i++ )
    {
        printf( "Outer loop executing. i = %d\n", i );
        for ( j = 0; j < 3; j++ )
        {
            printf( " Inner loop executing. j = %d\n", j );
            if ( i == 5 )
                goto stop;
        }
    }
    /* This message does not print: */
    printf( "Loop exited. i = %d\n", i );
    stop: printf( "Jumped to stop. i = %d\n", i );
}