AIPS HELP file for ELSE in 31DEC13

As of Thu May 23 21:14:18 2013

HELP SECTION

ELSE
Type:  Pseudoverb
Use:   Used in the IF construction (see IF) to identify a set of
       statements to be executed if a logical condition is false
Grammar:  IF condition THEN statement1;...
          ELSE statementn;...; END
       where condition is a logical statement, either a single
       "logical" variable or a relational condition using =,
       <=, >=, <>, &, ! or a logical variable.  Statementi are
       AIPS statements.  The statements may be separated by
       semi-colons as shown above or they may be on separate
       lines.  IF...THEN...ELSE may be used only in procedures.
Examples:  IF A = B THEN PRINT 'A = B'; A=7;
           ELSE PRINT 'A <> B'; A=8; END
           IF A <= B THEN PRINT 'A <= B'; C=9; END

EXPLAIN SECTION