alguidelines/content/docs/NAVPatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-end/index.md
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title = "Begin-End - Compound Only"
weight = 240
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Only use BEGIN..END to enclose compound statements.
Bad code
```al
IF FINDSET THEN BEGIN
REPEAT
...
UNTIL NEXT = 0;
END;
```
Good code
```al
IF FINDSET THEN
REPEAT
...
UNTIL NEXT = 0;
```
Bad code
```al
IF IsAssemblyOutputLine THEN BEGIN
TESTFIELD("Order Line No.",0);
END;
```
Good code
```al
IF IsAssemblyOutputLine THEN
TESTFIELD("Order Line No.",0);
```
Bad code
```al
IF FINDSET THEN
REPEAT
BEGIN
...
END;
UNTIL NEXT = 0;
```
Good code
```al
IF FINDSET THEN
REPEAT
...
UNTIL NEXT = 0;
```
Exception
```al
// Except for this case
IF X THEN BEGIN
IF Y THEN
DO SOMETHING;
END ELSE (not X)
```