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---
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title: "Begin-End - Compound Only"
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tags: ["AL","Readability"]
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categories: ["Best Practice"]
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---
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_Created by Microsoft, Described by waldo_
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Only use begin..end to enclose [compound statements](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/c-language/compound-statement-c?view=msvc-170#:~:text=A%20compound%20statement%20%28also%20called%20a%20%22block%22%29%20typically,appear%20at%20the%20head%20of%20a%20compound%20statement.).
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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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## 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
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(not X)
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```
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