goto statement

statement invoking one-way transfer of program control in many languages
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goto statement

Summary

goto statement is a language construct[1]. It draws 182 Wikipedia views per month (language_construct category, ranking #1 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • goto statement's image is recorded as GOTOkey(ZXSpectrum).jpg[3].
  • goto statement's instance of is recorded as language construct[4].
  • goto statement's instance of is recorded as software feature[5].
  • goto statement's instance of is recorded as keyword[6].
  • goto statement's subclass of is recorded as jump statement[7].
  • goto statement's subclass of is recorded as control structure[8].
  • goto statement's opposite of is recorded as COMEFROM[9].
  • goto statement's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01c3dh[10].
  • goto statement's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0209418[11].
  • goto statement's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/goto[12].
  • goto statement's used by is recorded as spaghetti code[13].
  • goto statement's different from is recorded as branch instruction[14].
  • goto statement's different from is recorded as Goto[15].
  • goto statement's different from is recorded as GoTo[16].
  • goto statement's uses is recorded as label[17].
  • goto statement's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 114094675[18].
  • goto statement's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C114094675[19].
  • goto statement's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as salt-7[20].

Why It Matters

goto statement draws 182 Wikipedia views per month (language_construct category, ranking #1 of 8).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

It has been cited as an influence by conditional[23].

FAQs

Who did goto statement influence?

goto statement has been cited as an influence by conditional[23].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). goto statement. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/goto-statement
MLA “goto statement.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/goto-statement.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_goto-statement_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{goto statement}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/goto-statement}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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