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6.2.18.1 Unconditional GO TO
The 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" in topic 6.2.3.) 



    ___ Format 1--Unconditional ____________________________________________ 
   |                                                                        |
   | >>__GO__ ____ __procedure-name-1____________________________________>< |
   |         |_TO_|                                                         |
   |                                                                        |
   |________________________________________________________________________|
procedure-name-1
Must name a procedure or a section in the same Procedure Division as the GO TO statement.

X As an IBM extension, the unconditional GO TO statement does not have to be
X the last statement in a sequence of imperative statements. However, any
X statements following the GO TO are not executed.
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.

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