SCAN

Purpose

Perform list of commands interactively

Syntax

SCAN [<scope>] [FOR <condition>] [WHILE <condition>]

[EXIT]

[LOOP]

ENDSCAN

See Also

CONTINUE, DO WHILE, IF, LOCATE

Description

The SCAN ... ENDSCAN command executes a list of commands repeatedly for a specified selection of records while an optionally specified condition is true, or until an EXIT is encountered. The optional LOOP keyword forces control to the beginning of the SCAN.

The SCAN...ENDSCAN command can be used to reduce the programming involved in a LOCATE ... DO WHILE ... CONTINUE construct.

Example

scan all for code = "HMT"
    display name, address
endscan

Products

Recital Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer