C++ keyword: goto
Usage
-
gotostatement: as the declaration of the statement
Example
#include <cassert>
#include <string>
[[nodiscard]] auto get_first_line(const std::string& string)
{
std::string first_line{};
for (const auto character : string)
switch (character)
{
case '\n':
goto past_for; // breaks from 'range-for loop'
default:
first_line += character;
break;
}
past_for:
return first_line;
}
int main()
{
assert(get_first_line("Hello\nworld!") == "Hello");
}
See also
| (since C++17) |
| (since C++23) |
-
switchstatement:switch,case -
default(as case label declaration) etc:default -
continuestatement:continue -
breakstatement:break -
returnstatement:return
| (since C++20) |
-
do-whileloop andwhileloop:do,while -
forloop and range-basedforloop:for
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