Greetings,
In reading the fine manual I was understanding that the following IF statement syntax should be valid
j=1
k=1
l=1
m=1
n=1
for i = 2 to 6
if array[i,0] == "" Then array[i,0] = array[j,0] Else j = i
if array[i,1] == "" Then array[i,1] = array[k,1] Else k = i
if array[i,2] == "" Then array[i,2] = array[l,2] Else l = i
if array[i,3] == "" Then array[i,3] = array[m,3] Else m = i
if array[i,4] == "" Then array[i,4] = array[n,4] Else n = i
Next
when the code is executed I get a: "3074: Expression continues past expected end"
I verified there are no other characters at the end of the IF lines... is this syntax illegal?
Keith
No, it is not vaild immediate if statment syntax. The correct syntax is:
if array[i,0] == "" Then array[i,0] = array[j,0]
Else j = i
You can have multiple then or else statements after the initial if-then but each must be on their own line. Of course, it is usually just better to just use the structured if at that point.
if @true
<statememt>
<statement>
else
<statememt>
<statement>
endif
TD,
At least it was a simple and easy fix... was going by the following at the bottom of the IF .. stuff in the Consolidate WIL Manual right above the Parameters: discussion... last example of syntax...
if ... then ... else ... (single statement):
if expression then statement
else statement
misunderstood the ELSE had to be on a separate line.
Thanx,
Keith
In WIL syntax a statement is not necessarily synonymous with a single line. Assigning a multi-line string to a variable is another example of a statement that consists of multiple lines.