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[freesoft_2000]

Hi everyone,

I need to use something in java that is similar to the C language goto statement.

This is what i have in a function

public int ret()
{

if
{
//something
//something

//This is the part where i need to jump to the end of the
//function and not exit the function
}

//This is the part i need to jump to

//some more code
//some more code
}

Is there a way in which the above problem can be got around. Usually in the C language i would use the goto statement. I can't use a labeled break here as there is no loop in my program.

I hope someone can help me this problem

Thank You

Yours Sincerely

Richard West

[_uj]

Originally Posted by freesoft_2000

I hope someone can help me this problem

Well, what's the problem? The wanted program logic isn't at all clear from the description. When the if-statement is left you come to the place you said you wanted to jump to without even jumping.

It has been proven that any program logic can be expressed with the control structures available in todays high-level languages without the use of goto, so the goto's you've used in C in the past weren't really necessary. Programs become easier to follow without them.

[dlorde]

As _uj says, you never have to use 'goto', and most experienced OO programmers wouldn't dream of using it (except possibly in complex low-level library code). Maybe this is why Java doesn't use it.

There are the 'label', 'break' and 'continue' keywords for use in loops and 'if' blocks, and you can read up on them, but they're best avoided unless they will make the code more readable.

The usual reason for an unstructured jump out of a section of code is when something goes wrong - a method can't continue or an error occurs. In the first case, it may be acceptable to make an early return from a method when, for example, its arguments aren't appropriate. In the second case, you can throw an exception.

If you want specific recommendations on your own problem, you'll have to be a lot clearer and more detailed about what you're trying to do.

At the IFIP congress in 1971 I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Eiichi Goto of Japan, who cheerfully complained that he was always being eliminated...
D. Knuth