FOR I=0 TO 3
BGSCREEN I,127,128'(or I,64,64)
NEXT
/the rest of map loading code

no i meant speed in basic, idiot also basic and lua are the only programming languages i know

FOR I=0 TO 3
BGSCREEN I,127,128'(or I,64,64)
NEXT
/the rest of map loading code

it was an extreme example and it was sarcastic.

Fun fact: REPEAT loops exist too. They loop until an contidion is satisfied.

Faster isn't always ideal, especially if it is only milliseconds. But hey, you can continue using your GOTO loops and I'll continue to not play any of your programs because we all know you aren't producing quality games or resources judging by the ratings of your submissions. Perhaps if you took the time to learn about other ways to program you may be able to put something out that worth the attention it receives.

Look, no one has hit a point where GOTO is really important yet AFAIK, and I don't think you need to use it unless you're trying to write CS:GO in SB (which isn't even technically possible). Stop taking my comments out of context, and just accept that GOTO is not a good alternative to WHILE, FOR, REPEAT, or other better loops unless you are 101% sure that your game will not work properly with proper loops. I highly doubt that you NEED to use it especially at the skill level you're at right now.

Maybe you should suggest an alternative rather than just telling people not to do something. I'm pretty sure there are already like 10 pages for WHILE/REPEAT loops though.

I think the idea was to make an explanation for Label use examples and the comment made it in there for obvious reasons

Basically while but checks condition after an iteration not before.

I like how something so obvious managed to get chicken the “good page” badge.

Actually, it was https://smilebasicsource.com/page?pid=698 that did. This one is too controversial; 'Good page' requires a certain ratio of upvotes to downvotes.

Saying "milliseconds" is quite an exaggeration. The difference is only that big after a few thousand/million passes through the loop.

Well, REPEAT/WHILE/FOR/GOTO loops are all as fast as each other (in my opinion).

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Although for code & size improvements I would replace any loop with a FOR loop if the content should happen a certain amount. REPEAT could be used for this too. WHILE is perfect for an ∞ loop. But each one is not faster than the other.

GOTO is a few milliseconds faster than the other ones

Fortunately,

"GOTO"

@LOOP
REM Do something
INC X
IF X<9 THEN GOTO @LOOP

Better way

Either:

FOR X=0 TO 9
REM Do something
NEXT

Or:

REPEAT
REM Do something
INC X
UNTIL X==9

Speed = is the same on each type Readability (for new SB users) = GOTO isn't a good idea Size in programs = GOTO takes more space than WHILE/FOR/REPEAT My conclusion = GOTO is not recommended (especially for unskilled programmers/new SB users).

GOTO is only faster by a few milliseconds because it doesn't have to check if something's true or change a variable. When you add in the cost of checking if something is true before continuing a GOTO loop, GOTO may actually be worse... also it looks awful. ^{[citation needed]} With WHILE and FOR, everything is clearly labelled as "yep, this is the thing getting checked for every loop," or "hey, this is the variable that goes up every loop." Also, GOTO breaks variable scoping, which is a very useful tool if you know how to use it.

i think it doesn't matter which one at all. i still recomend not goto, but it doesn't matter all that much.