basic.end
Compiler directive.
Description
indicates both the end of a series of statements executed conditionally from a 'then' or 'else' condition or the physical end of the program.
The 'end' statement is used in two ways:
1) physical program end (optional)
.......statements.......
.....body of program....
.......statements.......
end
The trailing 'end' statement is not required on Pick/BASIC source code, but is helpful for program readability. Any statements after the 'end' statement (in this case) are not compiled.
2) Multi-line then/else statements must have terminating 'end' statements:
if logical.expression then
statement
.
end
Example
10 *
input ans
if ans='n' then
print 'Please retype ':
goto 10
end
This example reprompts for 'ans' if the previous 'ans' is
'n'.
open 'md' to md else
print 'Cannot open file'
stop
end
crt 'File opened'
If the 'md' file does not exist, a warning message is printed and
program execution stops. Notice that 'stop' is the Pick/BASIC
runtime directive which indicates the termination of runtime. The
'end' statement indicates the end of the multiple line
'then' statement. Without the 'stop', program execution
continues with the next statement after the 'end' statement.
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