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Campbell Scientific CR5000 Measurement and Control Module User Manual

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Section 9. Program Control Instructions

9-10

Part

Description

If

Keyword that begins the block If...Then decision control
structure.

condition1

Same as condition used in the single-line form shown above.

Then

Keyword used to identify the actions to be taken if a
condition is satisfied.

statementblock-1 One or more CRBasic statements executed if condition1 is

true.

ElseIf

Keyword indicating that alternative conditions must be
evaluated if condition1 is not satisfied.

condition2

Same as condition used in the single-line form shown above.

statementblock-2 One or more CRBasic statements executed if condition2 is

true.

Else

Keyword used to identify the actions taken if none of the
previous conditions are satisfied.

statementblock-n One or more CRBasic statements executed if condition1 and

condition2 are both false.

End If

Keyword that ends the block form of the If...Then.

In executing a block If, CRBasic tests condition1, the first numeric expression.
If the expression is true, the statements following Then are executed.

If the first expression is false, CRBasic begins evaluating each ElseIf condition
in turn. When CRBasic finds a true condition, the statements immediately
following the associated Then are executed. If none of the ElseIf conditions is
true, the statements following the Else are executed. After executing the
statements following Then or Else, the program continues with the statement
following End If.

The Else and ElseIf clauses are both optional. You can have as many ElseIf
clauses as you like in a block If, but none can appear after an Else clause. Any
of the statement blocks can contain nested block If statements.

CRBasic looks at what appears after the Then keyword to determine whether
or not an If statement is a block If. If anything other than a comment appears
after Then, the statement is treated as a single-line If statement.

A block If statement must be the first statement on a line. The Else, ElseIf,
and End If parts of the statement can have nothing but spaces in front of them.
The block If must end with an End If statement.

For Example

If a > 1 And a <= 100 Then

...

ElseIf a = 200 Then

...

End If

Tip

Select Case may be more useful when evaluating a single expression
that has several possible actions.