I know everyone hates "GOTO" but...

I am only new and learning and am trying to use a GOTO functiong in my code but dont know how to create the label that GOTO is meant to...well go to.

any help is as allways appreciated.

with "label:", as in

Code:

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start:
//do something
middle:
//something else
end:
return 0;

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when i put that form of code in the following form:

Code:

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int main (void)
{
top:
//....
}
int second (void)
{
//...
if //function
GOTO top

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this does not work the error says label top is used but not defined.

Depends, what do you want to do?
I'm just a beginner in C++ but i don't think jumping out of functions with a goto is a good idea

do you know how to jump from a function to a previous function depending on a variable such as:

Code:

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if answer = yes
GOTO //jump back to start of main function
else EXIT

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basing it that this code is in a second function and i want to jump back to the main function.

Code:

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// The keyword is

goto

// not

GOTO

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Most IDEs will bolden keywords.

yeah in my actual source code i dont have it capitalized....

Well then pasting something that isn't your source code and asking why your source code is getting errors doesn't make much sense, does it.

...and labels, like variables have scope. Which is why this:

Code:

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void func();

int main ()
{
  top:
    func();
}

void func()
{
  goto top;
}

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doesn't work.

ok i get wat your saying and yes it was stupid of me but what im saying is how do i jump out of a second function and back into the beggining of the first?

or is it possible to make the application start over completly based on results from

Code:

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        if answer = yes
                restart program
                else  exit program

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You would base your goto off the return of the function.

Code:

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#include <iostream>

int func(int);

int main ()
{
  int x = 0;
 
  top:
    x = func(x);
    if (x == 1)
      goto top;
 
  return 0;
}

int func(int var1)
{
  if (var1 == 0) {
      std::cout << "Going to top\n";
      return 1;
  }
  std::cout << "Not going to top";
  return 0;
}

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Even if labels didn't have scope and you could jump into another function it would cause problems with the stack. The stack is set up with local function variables, arguments and the return address of the function you are in, if you jumped into another function these would all be incorrect.

You don't need goto! Your example could be coded like this

Code:

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int main (void)
{
bool bExit=false;
while (!bExit)
  bExit=Second();
}
bool Second (void)
{
...
//if answer=="yes";
return false;//don't exit
else
return true;//do exit

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k thnx

goto's r good,i just love goto's,goto's give your code just the chic look u always wanted in it,and if u have mastered goto,come to OOP,thats the latest trend,make everything an object,do some fanciful interfaces,now u r realizing art.







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"its not programming if its not oop"

wouldnt it make the code slightly more complicated if everything was made an object and every movement was defined by goto???

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do you know how to jump from a function to a previous function depending on a variable

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You can use a stronger goto in the form of setjmp and longjmp, but that's ugly and awkward. A better option is to throw an exception. Both of those will safely unwind the function call stack and take you back to where you want to be.

But those are for exceptional situations, ie. errors and unexpected stuff. For normal operation, the return value of a function that drives a loop is more intuitive. :)

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wouldnt it make the code slightly more complicated if everything was made an object

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Yes. :)

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and every movement was defined by goto???

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Not necessarily. That's the way assembly works and I find it easier to read and write than C++. I guess it depends on the idioms that a language best supports that determine how complicated unconditional jumps are.

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I am only new and learning and am trying to use a GOTO

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...then why don't you set a goal for yourself and try to learn to program correctly?

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but what im saying is how do i jump out of a second function and back into the beggining of the first?

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Since you want to execute the beginning of your program more than once, can you think of a program structure that will allow you to do that? How about a function? Don't functions contain things you want to execute more than once? Put everything at the beginning of your program in a function, then start your program by calling that function, call your second function, then call your first function again.