71 lines
832 B
Markdown
71 lines
832 B
Markdown
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title = "Begin-End - Compound Only"
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weight = 240
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tags = ["C/AL","Readability"]
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categories = ["Best Practice"]
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Only use BEGIN..END to enclose compound statements.
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Bad code
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```al
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IF FINDSET THEN BEGIN
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REPEAT
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...
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UNTIL NEXT = 0;
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END;
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```
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Good code
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```al
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IF FINDSET THEN
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REPEAT
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...
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UNTIL NEXT = 0;
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```
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Bad code
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```al
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IF IsAssemblyOutputLine THEN BEGIN
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TESTFIELD("Order Line No.",0);
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END;
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```
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Good code
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```al
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IF IsAssemblyOutputLine THEN
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TESTFIELD("Order Line No.",0);
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```
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Bad code
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```al
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IF FINDSET THEN
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REPEAT
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BEGIN
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...
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END;
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UNTIL NEXT = 0;
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```
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Good code
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```al
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IF FINDSET THEN
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REPEAT
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...
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UNTIL NEXT = 0;
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```
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Exception
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```al
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// Except for this case
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IF X THEN BEGIN
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IF Y THEN
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DO SOMETHING;
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END ELSE (not X)
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```
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