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  • Tuesday, November 03, 2009 8:20 PMDavid Wiseman[WiseSoft.co.uk] Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    GOTO statements are normally considered bad practice in modern programming languages - I'm guessing that is why it's not included in PowerShell.  This shouldn't pose much of a limitiation though.
     
  • Tuesday, November 03, 2009 11:31 PMKarl Mitschke Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    No GOTO

    What is it that you are trying to accomplish?

    Karl
    • Marked As Answer byJoeSchmoe115 Monday, November 16, 2009 3:30 PM
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  • Monday, November 09, 2009 4:39 PMchswin Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    Yes it is called a subroutine (kinda)

    Not quite like GOTO but can be used similarly assuming you put your action items into subs in your script.....

    example....
    value1 = "chswin"

if value1 = "chswin" then
    call sub1
end if

sub sub1
    wscript.echo "chswin"
end sub

     
  • Monday, November 16, 2009 2:55 PMKarl Mitschke Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    chswin;

    The question is about PowerShell, not vbscript :)

    JoeSchmoe115;

    Once again, What is it that you are trying to accomplish?

    Karl
     
  • Monday, November 16, 2009 3:32 PMJoeSchmoe115 Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    chswin;

    The question is about PowerShell, not vbscript :)

    JoeSchmoe115;

    Once again, What is it that you are trying to accomplish?

    Karl

    What I am trying to accomplish is not relevant. All I wanted to know if there was a GOTO in PowerShell. I knew how to work around it ("if" does the job)