Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!ukc!warwick!psrds
From: psrds@warwick.ac.uk (Dr T A Harley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Microsoft QuickBASIC conditionals
Message-ID: <1991Jan25.171416.28040@warwick.ac.uk>
Date: 25 Jan 91 17:14:16 GMT
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I have a problem with Microsoft QuickBASIC v1.0.  The problem is that
combinations of IF THEN ELSE END IF and loops of any sort won't work.  I keep
on getting different messages depending on exactly what I try - e.g.
"syntax error", "no if for else", "no next for for".

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?