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> From: "Don Kibbey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> You did mention only a few files display this type of syntax. Perhaps
> said programmer was shown the door....
I don't see why you would think that and frankly I'm surprised you haven't
come across this style of programming before. This style of programming was
taught in classrooms all over the country before the advent of point and
click programming. It is a structured way of programming based on a logic
sequence:
What is the first file I need?
OPEN FILE1 TO F.FILE1 THEN
END ELSE PRINT "CAN'T OPEN FILE1"
END
Do I need another one?
OPEN FILE1 TO F.FILE1 THEN
OPEN FILE2 TO F.FILE2 THEN
END ELSE PRINT "CAN'T OPEN FILE2"
END ELSE PRINT "CAN'T OPEN FILE1"
END
And another?
OPEN FILE1 TO F.FILE1 THEN
OPEN FILE2 TO F.FILE2 THEN
OPEN FILE3 TO F.FILE3 THEN
END ELSE PRINT "CAN'T OPEN FILE3"
END ELSE PRINT "CAN'T OPEN FILE2"
END ELSE PRINT "CAN'T OPEN FILE1"
END
Now that I've got these open what do I do with them>
OPEN FILE1 TO F.FILE1 THEN
OPEN FILE2 TO F.FILE2 THEN
OPEN FILE3 TO F.FILE3 THEN
EOF=0
LOOP READNEXT ID ELSE EOF=1 UNTIL EOF DO
PROCESS, PROCESS, PROCESS
REPEAT
END ELSE PRINT "CAN'T OPEN FILE3"
END ELSE PRINT "CAN'T OPEN FILE2"
END ELSE PRINT "CAN'T OPEN FILE1"
END
Although when the gosub came out most programmers took the center out and
put it into a separate subroutine.
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