Message-ID: <002801c5a25f$2c9dd060$1502ec84@NA08WLAMBOY>
Date: 2005-08-16T12:36:49Z
From: Warren Lamboy
Subject: R equivalent to Fortran, GAUSS, or Perl's "goto"
In-Reply-To: <42F9C785.9090900@lancaster.ac.uk>
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[mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Barry Rowlingson
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 5:23 AM
To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: Re: [R] R equivalent to Fortran, GAUSS, or Perl's "goto"
Warren Lamboy wrote:
> Does R have something equivalent to the "goto" in Perl?
> If so, can you please tell me what it is? I cannot find
> it in the Ref Manual or the Language Manual.
What was true in 1968 is still true now:
http://www.acm.org/classics/oct95/
Of course Perl has one, but then in Perl there's always more than one
way to shoot yourself in the foot.
Baz
Does that mean the answer to my first question is "No"?
Warren