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The basic syntax format is as follows:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">goto<\/span> label;\r\n\r\nlabel:\r\n   <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ code to be executed<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The &#8220;goto label;&#8221; statement in the code above will cause the program to jump to the location labeled &#8220;label&#8221; and continue executing the code. It should be noted that using the goto statement may make the code difficult to understand and maintain, so it should be avoided as much as possible unless there is no better solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the C language, the goto function is used to jump to a specific label in the program and continue executing code. 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