On...Gosub

FreeBASIC

On...Gosub
 
Calls a label based on an expression

Syntax

On expression GoSub label1[, ...]

Description

Branches to different labels depending on the value of expression. An expression value of 1 will branch to the first label, a value of 2 to the second, etc. If the value of expression is zero (0) or greater than the number of items in the list, execution continues on the next statement following the On...Gosub.

This statement behaves exactly like GoSub and execution may return to the statement following the On...Gosub using Return.

It is recommended that the structured Select Case conditional statement be used instead of On...Gosub.

Example

'' Compile with -lang qb

'$lang: "qb"

choice = 3
On choice GoSub labela, labelb, labelc
Print "Good bye."
End

labela:
Print "choice a"
Return

labelb:
Print "choice b"
Return

labelc:
Print "choice c"
Return


Dialect Differences

Differences from QB

  • FreeBASIC does not generate a run-time error if expression is negative or greater than 255.

See also