goto
goto
goto LABEL
goto EXPR
goto &NAME
The goto LABEL
form finds the statement labeled with LABEL and resumes execution there. It can't be used to get out of a block or subroutine given to sort
. It can be used to go almost anywhere else within the dynamic scope, including out of subroutines, but it's usually better to use some other construct such as last
or die
- The author of Perl has never felt the need to use this form of goto
(in Perl