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**SECTION**(//string//)

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| **SECTION** | Identifies the beginning of a block of executable source code or data declarations. |
| //String// | A string constant which names the SECTION. |

The **SECTION** compiler directive identifies the beginning of a block of executable source code or data declarations which may be INCLUDEd in source code in another file. The SECTION's //string// parameter is used as an optional parameter of the INCLUDE directive to include a specific block of source code. A SECTION is terminated by the next SECTION or the end of the file.

**Example:**

** ****SECTION('FirstSection')****      !Begin section**

**FieldOne STRING(20)**

**FieldTwo LONG**

** SECTION('SecondSection')****     !End previous section, begin new section**

** IF Number <;> SavNumber**

**  DO GetNumber**

** END**

** ****SECTION('ThirdSection')****      !End previous section, begin new section**

** CASE Action**

** OF 1**

**  DO AddRec**

** OF 2**

**  DO ChgRec**

** OF 3**

**  DO DelRec**

** END                          !Third section ends at end of file**

**See Also:**

[[include  compile code in another file .htm|INCLUDE]]