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Article #6986

Re: Microsoft QuickBASIC conditionals

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From: siegman
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 1991 19:07
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>In fact, if I try typing the example on page 155 of the reference manual,
>involving WHILE IF THEN EXIT WHILW ELSE END IF construction, I get an error
>message saying "EXIT WHILE" is a sytax error.  And this is Microsoft's own
>manual!
>
>Am I missing something very, very simple, and is there a solution?


Despite the example on page 155, EXIT WHILE does not seem to be a
supported construct in QuickBASIC.  There's no mention of it in the
discussion of WHILE...WEND on page 349, and clicking "Get Info" on
EXIT brings up only EXIT SUB.
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Subject: Re: Microsoft QuickBASIC conditionals
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Date: 26 Jan 91 19:07:22 GMT
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