VB .NET Language in a Nutshell

Name

GoTo Statement

Syntax

GoTolabel

label

Use: Required

Type: String literal

A subroutine name

Description

Passes execution to a specified line within a procedure

Rules at a Glance

label must be a line label

Programming Tips and Gotchas

• GoTo can branch only to lines within the procedure where it appears.

• It is not permitted to branch from outside a Try...Catch...Finally block to a point inside the Catch or Finally block.

• It is also not permitted to branch from within the Catch or Finally block to a label outside the block.

• The GoTo statement is most commonly used with the On Error statement to direct control to an error-handling routine.

• GoTo is frequently used to control program flow within a procedure, a technique that often produces highly unreadable “spaghetti code.” Accordingly, great care should be taken when using the GoTo statement.

VB .NET/VB 6 Differences

In VB 6, label could be either a line number or a label. In VB .NET, label can be only a label.

See Also

On Error Statement