Endless loop in batch file using 'goto'

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Well, I have this problem with a little program that I'm making because my loop is endless. Right now I'm trying to use goto command but it doesn't work couse it is endless. Anyone please help.

@echo off
color 1a
:i
echo Hi, mate Let's start off by getting each others names.
timeout 5 > nul
echo What is your name ?: 
set /p name=
echo Hi noob %name% my name is Youke 
timeout 2 > nul
echo %name% We are going on an advenutre quest today :D
timeout 2 > nul
goto i

The purpose of the goto is actually nothing it's something i wan't to try out on my programming skills in notepad. — Youke
– Youke, Commented May 15, 2014 at 17:09
If it has no purpose, why is it there? Your code loops endlessly because you told it to with the goto. — Andrew
– Andrew, Commented May 15, 2014 at 17:10
then why don't you ask so? for /L is your friend. Or if you want to do it "the hard way", use a counter and jump with if %count% lss 15 goto ... — Stephan
– Stephan, Commented May 15, 2014 at 17:38

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:50:23Z

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Somewhere between the i label on line 3 and the goto command, you need to add code that will break out of the loop—likely an if statement with another goto inside it that points to a label after your current goto.

You can see plenty of examples here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/4711984/436282

edited May 23, 2017 at 11:50

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