JCL GO F

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Transfers control to the statement containing the next M (mark) command.

SYNTAX

G F
GO F
GOTO F

NOTES

The program is scanned forward from the current line, until the next M command is found. Program execution then jumps to that line.

If an M command cannot be found, the jCL program will terminate with an error message:

Can't find mark at line n in programname

EXAMPLE

001 PQN
.
005 GO F
006 10 MV %1 "ABC"
007 MV %6 "DEF"
008 MV %10 "HIJ"
009 M
.

The GO F command on line 5 causes the program to be scanned from line 6, looking for the next M command. In this case, control will be transferred to line 9.

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