A Programmed GTO Instruction

The GTO label instruction (press label line number) transfers the execution of a running program to the specified program line. The program continues running from the new location, and never automatically returns to its point of origination, so GTO is not used for subroutines.

For example, consider the "Curve Fitting" program in chapter 16. The   instruction branches execution from any one of three independent initializing routines to LBL Z, the routine that is the common entry point into the heart of the program:

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Branches to Z001.

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Branches to Z001.

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Branches to Z001.

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Using GTO from the Keyboard

You can use to move the program pointer to a specified label line number without starting program execution.