Refresh my memory, simple question

[K.Forsythe]

IF it helps remember this.... There is no "loop" IF and Else each can only cause one statement to execute - that is why there is no ENDIF. When you want to condition multiple lines of code, you use DO and ENDDO to mark the beginning and end of those blocks of code. (Like braces in languages such as java if { } ) Hope this helped! Kevin

[EDIguru]

I know there is no loop realy, let me be more specific (see code below): Does the "else do" execute only when &var1 is not equal to 'N'?

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[K.Forsythe]

You are correct

[EDIguru]

It was the first enddo that was confusing me. It seemed like it should have been "IF, do, elsedo, enddo", without the enddo in the middle of it all.

[Guest.Visitor]

Correct, the "else do" executes only when &var1 is not equal to 'N'. InfoCenter: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infoce...opic/cl/if.htm

[EDIguru]

If I have a CL (If, Do, Enddo) "loop" that is immediately followed by an (Else Do, End Do) am I correct that the Else Do executes only when the condition for the first do clause was not met. I know that seems right, just can't believe the code I'm looking at is written like this because logically it doesn't make sense.

[K.Forsythe]

That is what you would expect - especiallyif you are an RPG programmer - CL's format for the IF/ELSE DO/ENDDO is... unique!