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Unconditional Branching Example

This example demonstrates the use of the JUMP statement in an IF statement. A JUMP statement is also used to skip over an portion of the program which is only executed under certain conditions.

   A=0
   B=10
   C=(A+B)**2
   IF/C==10,JUMP/A2:
   IF/A==10,JUMP/A1:
   IF/B<>10,JUMP/A2:
   A1:
   D=C/(A+B)
   JUMP/A3:
   A2:
   C=A*B*.5
   A3:

NOTE: The statement following the label A2: is executed only if C equals 10 or if neither A, B nor C equals 10. In all other cases the statements between labels A1: and A2: are executed, which includes an unconditional jump to the statement labeled A3:. This in effect bypasses the program section from A2: to A3: which is controlled by several conditional branching statements.