Compound commands

Compound commands provide control flow for other commands. Each compound command starts with a reserved word and has a corresponding reserved word at the end.

Grouping commands
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If command
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Conditional command
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Case command
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Select command
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While command
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Until command
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For command
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Functions
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Parent topic: Command language