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st: unconventional use of if condition
From
tashi lama <[email protected]>
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Subject
st: unconventional use of if condition
Date
Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:09:18 +0000
Hello,
In the fetchyahooquotes.ado written by Mehmet F. Diche, Ph.D. and John Levendis, Ph.D., I encountered following use of if
if ("`start'"!="") drop if date<(date("`start'", "DMY"))
if ("`end'"!="") drop if date>(date("`end'", "DMY"))
I was under the impression and the documentation rightly says to precede 'if' with braces ("{") followed by command in the next line. Sth like this
if x==4 {
.....
}
Could someone explain me this?
Thanx...
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