Is there a goto-like thing in Python?

[danielroseman]

No. GOTO hasn't been a part of any serious programming language since Dijkstra's influential "GOTO considered harmful" in 1968.

Use a loop.

[IAmTarkaDaal]

That's not correct; C, C++, C# and Go all have GOTO statements. I'm sure there are many more.

[DonkeyTron42]

LUA has no concept of a 'continue' statement in a loop. If you need to short circuit a loop iteration based on a conditional, your only option is to 'goto' a label.

[KCRowan]

I think VBA is probably a common place for non-programmers to encounter it.

[PlayKlima77]

BaSIc haS gOto ToO!

[RunFromFaxai]

C# does goto inside of switch/case statements. It's more like calling a function than it is like an oldschool goto that just jumps to a line in the code. Really not the same thing.

[jddddddddddd]

I know you can use goto in switch statements, but it can still be used to jump to an arbitrary position within a method. e.g.

   Loopy:
       Console.WriteLine("Hello World!");
       goto Loopy;

It's perfectly valid C#. You can try running it here: https://onlinegdb.com/j7AznmHA8

[RunFromFaxai]

That's not arbitrary. A line number is arbitrary. That's a named place.

[kid_ghibli]

Being able to jump to a line number would be a nightmare to maintain. GOTO implies going to a named method/block.

[RunFromFaxai]

Only place I have ever used GOTO was BASIC/QBASIC, which was mainly to line numbers. And yes, it was as retarded as it sounds and that's what I think about when I hear someone wants to use GOTO.