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**END**

**END** terminates a data declaration structure or a compound executable statement. It is functionally equivalent to a period (.).

By convention, the END statement is aligned in the same column as the beginning of the structure it terminates, and the code within the structure is indented for readability. END is usually used to terminate multi-line structures, while the period is used to terminate single-line statements. If multiple complex code structures are nested and they all terminate at the same place, multiple periods on one line are used instead of the END statements on multiple lines.

**Example:**

**Customer FILE,DRIVER('Clarion')   !Declare a file**

**          RECORD                  !begin record declaration**

**Name       STRING(20)**

**Number     LONG**

**          END                     !end record declaration**

**        END                       !End file declaration**

**Archive FILE,DRIVER('Clarion')    !Declare a file**

**         RECORD                   !begin record declaration**

**Name      STRING(20)**

**Number    LONG**

**         END**

**        END                       !end both the record and file declarations**

** CODE**

** IF Number <;> SavNumber           !Begin if structure**

**  DO GetNumber**

** END                              !End if structure**

** IF SomeCondition THEN BREAK END  !Terminate with END**

** CASE Action                      !Begin case structure**

** OF 1**

**  DO AddRec**

**  IF Number <;> SavNumber          !Begin if structure**

**   DO SomeRoutine**

**  END                             !End if structure**

** OF 2**

**  DO ChgRec**

** OF 3**

**  DO DelRec**

** END                              !End case structure**