R equivalent to Fortran, GAUSS, or Perl's "goto"

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

The best thing to do would be to provide an example of how you want to
use the goto, then someone can probably suggest a work around or an
alternative way of doing the same thing, once we have something
concrete to go on.

Thanks,
Roger

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.

Thanks.

-  Warren



Warren Lamboy
USDA-ARS Plant Genetic Resources Unit
Geneva, NY, USA  14456

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Subject: Re: [R] R equivalent to Fortran, GAUSS, or Perl's "goto"

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