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6.2.19 IF Statement
The IF statement evaluates a condition and provides for alternative actions in the object program, depending on the evaluation. 



    ___ Format _____________________________________________________________ 
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   |                                  <_____________                        |
   | >>__IF__condition-1__ ______ __ ___statement-1_|_ ___________________> |
   |                      |_THEN_|  |_NEXT SENTENCE___|                     |
   |                                                                        |
   | >__ ___________________________ __ ___________ _____________________>< |
   |    |         <_____________    |  |        (1)|                        |
   |    |_ELSE__ ___statement-2_|_ _|  |_END-IF____|                        |
   |            |_NEXT SENTENCE___|                                         |
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   | Note:                                                                  |
 X | (1)  END-IF can be specified with NEXT SENTENCE as an IBM extension.   |
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   |________________________________________________________________________|
condition
Can be any simple or complex condition, as described in "Conditional Expressions" in topic 6.1.6.
statement-1, statement-2
Can be any one of the following:
  • An imperative statement
  • A conditional statement
  • An imperative statement followed by a conditional statement
NEXT SENTENCE
If the NEXT SENTENCE phrase is specified, then the END-IF phrase must not be specified.

X END-IF can be specified with NEXT SENTENCE. However, if the NEXT
X SENTENCE phrase is executed, control will not pass to the next
X statement following the END-IF but instead will pass to the statement
X after the closest following period.

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