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GOTO branches unconditionally to the specified line.
 
GOTO {linelabel | linenumber}
 
Usage Notes
    ■ The GOTO statement provides a way to branch unconditionally to another
      line (linelabel or linenumber). A GOTO statement can branch only to
      another statement at the same level of a program. You cannot use GOTO
      to enter or exit a SUB, FUNCTION, or multiline DEF FN function. You
      can, however, use GOTO to control program flow within any of these
      program structures.
    ■ It is good programming practice to use structured control statements
      (DO...LOOP, FOR...NEXT, IF..THEN...ELSE, SELECT CASE) instead of GOTO
      statements, because a program with many GOTO statements can be
      difficult to read and debug.