Terminal Statement

If s is specified, the statement identified by it is called the terminal statement, and it must follow the DO WHILE statement. The terminal statement must not be one of the following statements:

• Unconditional GO TO

• Assigned GO TO

• Arithmetic IF

• Block IF / ELSE IF

• ELSE

• END IF

• RETURN

• STOP

• END

• DO / DO WHILE

If the terminal statement is a logical IF statement, it can contain any executable statement, except:

• DO / DO WHILE

• Block IF / ELSE IF

• ELSE

• END IF

• END

• Logical IF

If s is not specified, the DO WHILE loop must end with an END DO statement.