Compound Statement

<compound statement>

── BEGIN ── <statement list> ── END ───────────────────────────────────┤

Explanation

A compound statement groups one or more statements as a logical entity. Refer to Job Structure for the syntax and explanation of a statement list.

Example

The following is an example job that uses the compound statement:

IF T IS COMPLETEDOK THEN
  BEGIN
    RUN X;
    RUN Y;
  END
ELSE
  BEGIN
    COPY T/INPUT AS T/INPUT/SAVE;
    ABORT;
  END;