Unconditional GO TO

An unconditional GO TO statement transfers control to the first statement in the paragraph or section named in procedure-name, unless the GO TO statement has been modified by an ALTER statement. (See ALTER Statement.)

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GO TO Statement - Format 1 - Unconditional

>>-GO--+----+--procedure-name----------------------------------><
       '-TO-'                   

procedure-name
Must be a section or paragraph in the same Procedure Division as the GO TO statement.

An unconditional GO TO statement, when it appears in a sequence of imperative statements, must be the last statement in the sequence.

When a paragraph is referred to by an ALTER statement, the paragraph must consist of a paragraph-name followed by an unconditional or altered GO TO statement.