alguidelines/content/docs/BestPractices/begin-end/index.md

title	tags	categories
Begin-End - Compound Only	Readability	Best Practice

Created by Microsoft, Described by waldo

Only use begin..end to enclose compound statements.

Bad code

if FindSet() then begin
    repeat
    ...
    until next() = 0;
end;

Good code

if FindSet() then
    repeat
    ...
    until next() = 0;

Bad code

if IsAssemblyOutputLine then begin
    TestField("Order Line No.", 0);
end;

Good code

if IsAssemblyOutputLine then
    TestField("Order Line No.", 0);

Exception

// Except for this case
if X then begin
    if Y then 
        //DO SOMETHING;
end else 
    (not X)

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