The GO TO statement provides for a direct transfer of control in the Procedure Division.
General Format
Format 1
GO TO procedure-name
Format 2
GO TO {procedure-name} ... DEPENDING ON depend-item
Syntax Rules
1. Procedure-name is the name of a paragraph or section in the program.
2. Depend-item is an integer elementary numeric data item.
3. A Format 1 GO TO that is in a consecutive sequence of imperative statements in a sentence must be the last statement in that sentence.
General Rules
Format 1
1. The GO TO statement transfers control to procedure-name. No return mechanism is implied.
Format 2
2. The GO TO DEPENDING statement transfers control to one of the procedure-names depending on the value of depend-item. A depend-item value of "1" refers to the first procedure-name, a value of "2" refers to the second, and so on.
3. If depend-item is less than or equal to zero, or is greater than the number of procedure-names, no control transfer occurs. In this case, the GO TO statement has no effect.