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# Avoid using goto statements

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## Metadata{% #metadata %}

**ID:** `csharp-best-practices/avoid-goto-use`

**Language:** C#

**Severity:** Notice

**Category:** Best Practices

## Description{% #description %}

The use of `goto` statements can make your code harder to maintain. A structured control flow statement such as an `if`, a loop, a `continue`, or a `break` can make the code much easier to read.

## Non-Compliant Code Examples{% #non-compliant-code-examples %}

```csharp
string ID = "baz";
switch (ID)
{
    case "foo":
        Console.WriteLine("foo");
        break;
    case "bar":
        Console.WriteLine("bar");
        goto case "baz";
        break;
    case "baz":
        Console.WriteLine("baz");
    default:
        Console.WriteLine("n/a");
        break;
}
```

## Compliant Code Examples{% #compliant-code-examples %}

```csharp
string ID = "baz";
switch (ID)
{
    case "foo":
        Console.WriteLine("foo");
        break;
    case "bar":
        Console.WriteLine("bar");
        break;
    case "baz":
        Console.WriteLine("baz");
    default:
        Console.WriteLine("n/a");
        break;
}
```
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