Directives 

ON...GOTO

Conditional Transfer of Control

Format

ON num GOTO stmtref,stmtref,...

Where:

num

Value determines the location to which to transfer. Numeric expression. Integer range -32768 to +32767.

stmtref

Program line number or statement label to which to transfer control.

Description

Use the ON ... GOTO directive to transfer control to one of the statements listed based on the value you provide:

 

num <=0

Control is transferred to the first statement specified.

 

num =1

Control is passed to the second statement number specified.

 

num =2

Control is passed to the third.

 

num =3… nnn

Control is passed sequentially.

If num is greater than the number of stmtref supplied, the last stmtref is assumed.

See Also

GOTO Transfer Within Program

Example

0020 on X goto 0100,0200,0300,0400,0500

 

ON...

GOTO

 

X <= 0

Transfers to 0100

 

X = 1

Transfers to 0200

 

X = 2

Transfers to 0300

 

X = 3

Transfers to 0400

 

X >= 4

Transfers to 0500