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From: siegman@sierra.STANFORD.EDU (siegman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Microsoft QuickBASIC conditionals
Message-ID: <99@sierra.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: 26 Jan 91 19:07:22 GMT
References: <1991Jan25.171416.28040@warwick.ac.uk>
Organization: Stanford University
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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.