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    CPallini wrote:

    BTW I didn't know C# has goto statement, is there a reason to have it in such a language?

    A reason ? Maybe no, but you could need one if you use a switch.

    switch(iData)
    {
    case 0:
    case 1:
     // do stuff for 0 and 1
     break;
    case 2:
     // do stuff for 2
     goto 3;
    case 3:
     // do stuff for 2 and 3
     break;
    }
    

    Learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself.

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    MidwestLimey
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    Yeah, the poor mans drop through.

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      CPallini wrote:

      BTW I didn't know C# has goto statement, is there a reason to have it in such a language?

      A reason ? Maybe no, but you could need one if you use a switch.

      switch(iData)
      {
      case 0:
      case 1:
       // do stuff for 0 and 1
       break;
      case 2:
       // do stuff for 2
       goto 3;
      case 3:
       // do stuff for 2 and 3
       break;
      }
      

      Learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself.

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      Lost User
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      o really ?? i think it can be used like this : switch(iData) { case 0: case 1: // do stuff for 0 and 1 break; case 2: // do stuff for 2 case 3: // do stuff for 2 and 3 break; } if the break statement is missing, it go through next case ..

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        o really ?? i think it can be used like this : switch(iData) { case 0: case 1: // do stuff for 0 and 1 break; case 2: // do stuff for 2 case 3: // do stuff for 2 and 3 break; } if the break statement is missing, it go through next case ..

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        CPallini
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        It is NOT C/C++, my friend, it is C# ;P

        Juraj Suchan wrote:

        case 0: case 1: // do stuff for 0 and 1 break;

        Fine: It is allowed.

        Juraj Suchan wrote:

        case 2: // do stuff for 2 case 3: // do stuff for 2 and 3 break;

        That's not allowed in C# (well, in fact, it is allowed as it stands, with just comments :-D ). :)

        If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
        This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
        [My articles]

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        • C CPallini

          It is NOT C/C++, my friend, it is C# ;P

          Juraj Suchan wrote:

          case 0: case 1: // do stuff for 0 and 1 break;

          Fine: It is allowed.

          Juraj Suchan wrote:

          case 2: // do stuff for 2 case 3: // do stuff for 2 and 3 break;

          That's not allowed in C# (well, in fact, it is allowed as it stands, with just comments :-D ). :)

          If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
          This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
          [My articles]

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          Lost User
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          ou .. am I blind? :) sorry

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          • C CPallini

            My 5, that code is pure Horror. Anyway (I made a test) the goto statement it is ininfluent. BTW I didn't know C# has goto statement, is there a reason to have it in such a language? :)

            If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
            This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
            [My articles]

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            Super Lloyd
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            I like this reason as well void foobar() { // blah blah blah for(...) { // blablabla for(..) { // foo foo foo if(bar) goto end; } } end: // beep bop a loola }

            A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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            • S Super Lloyd

              I like this reason as well void foobar() { // blah blah blah for(...) { // blablabla for(..) { // foo foo foo if(bar) goto end; } } end: // beep bop a loola }

              A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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              CPallini
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              You may throw an exception for that. :)

              If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
              This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
              [My articles]

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              • S Super Lloyd

                I like this reason as well void foobar() { // blah blah blah for(...) { // blablabla for(..) { // foo foo foo if(bar) goto end; } } end: // beep bop a loola }

                A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                Thomas Weller 0
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                A simple 'break' would do the job, no need for 'goto'... :^) Regards Thomas

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                  A simple 'break' would do the job, no need for 'goto'... :^) Regards Thomas

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                  Super Lloyd
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                  break will only break the inner most loop! C# is not java where you could have labelled loop...

                  A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                  • C CPallini

                    You may throw an exception for that. :)

                    If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                    This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                    [My articles]

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                    Rob Grainger
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                    That's a worse offense than a goto IMHO - exceptions should be reserved for exceptional conditions (the clues in the name) not used as an alternative control flow mechanism.

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                    • T Thomas Weller 0

                      A simple 'break' would do the job, no need for 'goto'... :^) Regards Thomas

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                      Rob Grainger
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                      Thomas Weller wrote:

                      A simple 'break' would do the job, no need for 'goto'...

                      Except that a break doesn't break out of two for loops, just the inner one - necessitating a flag to detect whether the outer loop should be exited too. In C# this seems a legitimate usage to me. I just wish C# had JavaScript's labelled loops/breaks, yielding the following code style:

                      outer_loop:
                      while (true) {
                      // .. do something
                      inner_loop:
                      while (true) {
                      // ...
                      if (condition1)
                      break inner_loop;

                              if (condition2)
                                  break outer\_loop;
                          }
                      }
                      

                      Given that and fall-through in switch..case I see no need for goto.

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                      • R Rob Grainger

                        That's a worse offense than a goto IMHO - exceptions should be reserved for exceptional conditions (the clues in the name) not used as an alternative control flow mechanism.

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                        CPallini
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                        Rob Grainger wrote:

                        not used as an alternative control flow mechanism.

                        That's exactly what they are (IMHO). :-D

                        If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                        This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                        [My articles]

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                          Thomas Weller wrote:

                          A simple 'break' would do the job, no need for 'goto'...

                          Except that a break doesn't break out of two for loops, just the inner one - necessitating a flag to detect whether the outer loop should be exited too. In C# this seems a legitimate usage to me. I just wish C# had JavaScript's labelled loops/breaks, yielding the following code style:

                          outer_loop:
                          while (true) {
                          // .. do something
                          inner_loop:
                          while (true) {
                          // ...
                          if (condition1)
                          break inner_loop;

                                  if (condition2)
                                      break outer\_loop;
                              }
                          }
                          

                          Given that and fall-through in switch..case I see no need for goto.

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                          CPallini
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                          #19

                          A 'labelled break' is a 'goto' alias. :)

                          If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                          This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                          [My articles]

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                          • R Rob Grainger

                            Thomas Weller wrote:

                            A simple 'break' would do the job, no need for 'goto'...

                            Except that a break doesn't break out of two for loops, just the inner one - necessitating a flag to detect whether the outer loop should be exited too. In C# this seems a legitimate usage to me. I just wish C# had JavaScript's labelled loops/breaks, yielding the following code style:

                            outer_loop:
                            while (true) {
                            // .. do something
                            inner_loop:
                            while (true) {
                            // ...
                            if (condition1)
                            break inner_loop;

                                    if (condition2)
                                        break outer\_loop;
                                }
                            }
                            

                            Given that and fall-through in switch..case I see no need for goto.

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                            Thomas Weller 0
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                            What I mean is: a 'break' would be enough to execute the 'beep bop a loola' :-D ... By the way: I'd consider a 'flag' much better than a 'goto'... Regards Thomas

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                            • S Super Lloyd

                              break will only break the inner most loop! C# is not java where you could have labelled loop...

                              A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                              Thomas Weller 0
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                              I know. But in the pseudocode above it will definitely execute the 'beep bop a loola'... :-D Regards Thomas

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                              • S Super Lloyd

                                I like this reason as well void foobar() { // blah blah blah for(...) { // blablabla for(..) { // foo foo foo if(bar) goto end; } } end: // beep bop a loola }

                                A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                                PIEBALDconsult
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                                Add && !foo to the for loop conditions and/or use while instead.

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                                • R Rob Grainger

                                  That's a worse offense than a goto IMHO - exceptions should be reserved for exceptional conditions (the clues in the name) not used as an alternative control flow mechanism.

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                                  Andrew Rissing
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                                  I take exception to that remark! *Bypasses his finally block due to a goto statement*

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                                    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
                                    {
                                    string str = "Even exception occur again in catch block still finally block is Working";
                                    try
                                    {
                                    throw new IndexOutOfRangeException();
                                    }
                                    catch
                                    {
                                    goto Hello;
                                    throw new IndexOutOfRangeException();

                                    }
                                    finally
                                    {
                                    Response.Redirect("Error.aspx?str="+ str);
                                    }
                                    Hello:
                                    Response.Write("Finally Skiped!");
                                    }

                                    http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/DotNetBulletQuestions.aspx?msg=2764693#xx2764693xx[^] A goto in a try/catch/finally block... urrrghh!

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                                    Andrew Rissing
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                                    Maybe someone was just trying to test something and forgot to yank out the code? One can dream right....

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                                      protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
                                      {
                                      string str = "Even exception occur again in catch block still finally block is Working";
                                      try
                                      {
                                      throw new IndexOutOfRangeException();
                                      }
                                      catch
                                      {
                                      goto Hello;
                                      throw new IndexOutOfRangeException();

                                      }
                                      finally
                                      {
                                      Response.Redirect("Error.aspx?str="+ str);
                                      }
                                      Hello:
                                      Response.Write("Finally Skiped!");
                                      }

                                      http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/DotNetBulletQuestions.aspx?msg=2764693#xx2764693xx[^] A goto in a try/catch/finally block... urrrghh!

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                                      Paul Conrad
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                                      :wtf:

                                      "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham

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                                      • A Andrew Rissing

                                        Maybe someone was just trying to test something and forgot to yank out the code? One can dream right....

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                                        PIEBALDconsult
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                                        (You need to follow the link.)

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                                        • P PIEBALDconsult

                                          (You need to follow the link.)

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                                          Andrew Rissing
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                                          Gotcha. ;D

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