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SECTION(string)
| 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
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