FORTRAN 77 Language Reference

DO WHILE Loop Range

The range of a DO WHILE loop consists of all the executable statements that appear following the DO WHILE statement, up to and including the terminal statement.

If a DO WHILE statement appears within the range of another DO WHILE loop, its range must be entirely contained within the range of the outer DO WHILE loop. More than one DO WHILE loop can have the same terminal statement.

If a DO WHILE statement appears within an IF, ELSE IF, or ELSE block, the range of the associated DO WHILE loop must be entirely within that block.

If a block IF statement appears within the range of a DO WHILE loop, the corresponding END IF statement must also appear within the range of that DO WHILE loop.