Labeled Statements

Description

Labeled statements are those preceded by a name or tag. You can prefix any statement using a label so at some point you can reference it using “goto ” statements. Any statement can have one or more labels.

The case and default labels can only be used inside a “switch ” statement.

Example

if (fatal_error)
   goto get_out;
      . . .
get_out: return(FATAL_CONDITION);

The return statement is labeled get_out.