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jthorpe@island.net writes in article <47h0k9$esj@cliff.island.net>:
> 
> In <47a4vn$s5g@grid.Direct.CA>, rleroux@direct.ca (robert leroux) writes:
> >Thanks, I managed to get it happening just after the last post using a REPEAT
> >.. .. UNTIL loop.  I am only working at getting the ARRAY of the date field 
> >working then I should be quite well off.  I have an idea on how to address the
> >Date filed and print out the dates per book depending on how many copies of the
> >particular book is available, but I believe using the CASE statement, I would have
> >to read in my 'copi' field as a CHAR so that I can compare it to the current
> >copi that is read into the record.  I am going to try to address this problem with
> >an IF...THEN statement tomorrow first, otherwise I think reading in the copi field as
> >a CHAR instead of a Str should solve my problem.
> >
> 
> The purists will kill me for this, but the LOOP  END; EXITing when a hit is 
> made is a very useful tool.  The academics will say it's crude and you can do 
> the same thing with either REPEAT UNTIL or DO WHILE but there are lots of 
> times when one hasn't the time or the inclination to struggle through one or 
> the other.
> 
> Jim T.
> 

If you have to deal with "real world data", you often have multiple exits from
a loop. The easiest way to do this is LOOP .. END. All other constructs will
become very complicated. I think thats the reason LOOP .. END is for.

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