Use of GOTO statement in scripts


 
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I use this function all the while in most of my scripts on k-shell

## Function to handle a y/n reply, y continues, n exits
function cont_yn {
trap "handle_intr" 2 ## trap ctrl-c
dispMsg ${mesg} ##mesg is always a prompt of type Y/N, set b4 call to cont_yn
read yn
if [ "${yn}" != "Y" -a "${yn}" != "y" ]
then
echo "You chose to exit"
exit -1
fi
unset yn
}


## To make echo compatible on Linux and UX
function dispMsg {
UNAME=`uname | awk -F "-" '{print $NF}'`
if [ "$UNAME" = "UX" ]
then
echo "$@\c"
else
echo -ne "$@ "
fi
}
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RATFOR(1)						      General Commands Manual							 RATFOR(1)

NAME
ratfor - rational Fortran dialect SYNOPSIS
ratfor [ option ... ] [ filename ... ] DESCRIPTION
Ratfor converts a rational dialect of Fortran into ordinary irrational Fortran. Ratfor provides control flow constructs essentially iden- tical to those in C: statement grouping: { statement; statement; statement } decision-making: if (condition) statement [ else statement ] switch (integer value) { case integer: statement ... [ default: ] statement } loops: while (condition) statement for (expression; condition; expression) statement do limits statement repeat statement [ until (condition) ] break [n] next [n] and some syntactic sugar to make programs easier to read and write: free form input: multiple statements/line; automatic continuation comments: # this is a comment translation of relationals: >, >=, etc., become .GT., .GE., etc. return (expression) returns expression to caller from function define: define name replacement include: include filename The option -h causes quoted strings to be turned into 27H constructs. -C copies comments to the output, and attempts to format it neatly. Normally, continuation lines are marked with a & in column 1; the option -6x makes the continuation character x and places it in column 6. Ratfor is best used with f77(1). SEE ALSO
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