GOTO

Detailed reference for the GOTO instruction in PIC18 ISA.

Description

Jump unconditionally to the given program memory address.

The goto instruction causes the program counter (PC) to be set to the 22‑bit operand k.
Execution continues at the target location without affecting any data registers or status bits.
The operand can be an absolute address or a label that the assembler resolves to an address.

; Goto absolute address 0x1234
GOTO 0x1234 ; PC = 0x1234

; Goto absolute address 0x1234
GOTO 0x1234 ; PC = 0x1234

; Goto label defined later in the code
GOTO LOOP_START ; PC = address of LOOP_START

; Goto label defined later in the code
GOTO LOOP_START ; PC = address of LOOP_START

; Goto label with an EQU constant
PAGE equ 0x2000
GOTO PAGE ; PC = 0x2000

; Goto label with an EQU constant
PAGE equ 0x2000
GOTO PAGE ; PC = 0x2000

; Goto a relative label using back‑reference
GOTO END
;
END: ; Execution continues here after the jump

; Goto a relative label using back‑reference
GOTO END
;
END: ; Execution continues here after the jump