goto

Jump to a label within the current section, optionally based on a condition. The goto method will only navigate to a label within the same section.

goto

objectrequired

An object that accepts the goto parameters.

goto Parameters

goto.label

stringrequired

The label in section to jump to.

goto.when

string

Default: undefined (unconditional jump)

JavaScript expression to evaluate.

goto.max

integer

Default: 100

The maximum number of times to jump, from the minimum of 1 to max 100 jumps.

Examples

Loop with max

YAML

version: 1.0.0
sections:
  main:
    - label: foo
    - play:
        url: 'say: This speech will be repeated 4 times.'
    - goto:
        label: foo
        max: 3

JSON

{
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "sections": {
    "main": [
      {
        "label": "foo"
      },
      {
        "play": {
          "url": "say: This speech will be repeated 4 times."
        }
      },
      {
        "goto": {
          "label": "foo",
          "max": 3
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Loop if a condition is satisfied

YAML

version: 1.0.0
sections:
  main:
    - label: foo
    - play:
        url: 'say: This is some text that will be repeated 4 times.'
    - set:
        do_loop: true
    - goto:
        label: foo
        when: do_loop === true
        max: 3

JSON

{
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "sections": {
    "main": [
      {
        "label": "foo"
      },
      {
        "play": {
          "url": "say: This is some text that will be repeated 4 times."
        }
      },
      {
        "set": {
          "do_loop": true
        }
      },
      {
        "goto": {
          "label": "foo",
          "when": "do_loop === true",
          "max": 3
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}