>Much of this thread is, as usual, uninformed and even radically ignorant. >Those who find the syntax of COND= uncongenial are---and have for many years >now been---free to use that of IF-THEN-ELSE instead. (Since it inverts the >conventions of COND=, one or the other will presumably please everyone.)
Since the OP wanted to skip a *single* step within a procedure, can you please show me how you want to achive this using IF-THEN-ELSE? Peter Hunkeler Credit Suisse ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

