It is documented - but under WHILE and UNTIL as it is a general feature of these, using the THEN and ELSE clauses of any verb that has them.
-- mats
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LOOP code WHILE READNEXT id DO more code REPEAT
This format of the READNEXT statement is used in a couple of places in the UniVerse BASIC manual. It looks like READNEXT is returning a Boolean.
If I look up READNEXT in the manual (or in HELP from TCL) - there is no mention of this format of the statement.
And in the manual the THEN and ELSE are enclosed in braces: {THEN statements [ELSE statements] | ELSE statements} which according to convention means that I have to choose one "non-optional" item.
Has this format of the statement just been left out of the manual by mistake or is it a "new" format, that was never documented.
And, what are people's thoughts on using this format. Personally I dislike it, as it isn't easily readable, it's not documented and it's not a standard use of the statement syntax.
AdrianW
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