goto statement in c

goto is a jump statement, which transfer program execution control from given label to specified label in a c program.

Syntax

goto label;  
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label: statement;

Example

#include<stdio.h>
void main()
{
   int i = 20;
   goto mylabel;
   i = i + 30;
   mylabel:
   printf("%d ", i);
}

In c program, goto should be used with extra care, because it makes code unreadable, and difficult to debug and sometime program may crash.

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