BEFORE [BREAK] [PROCESSING] |
statement
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END-BEFORE |
BEFORE [BREAK] [PROCESSING] |
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DO
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This document covers the following topics:
For an explanation of the symbols used in the syntax diagram, see Syntax Symbols.
Related Statements: ACCEPT/REJECT |
AT BREAK |
AT START OF DATA |
AT END OF DATA |
BACKOUT TRANSACTION |
DELETE |
END TRANSACTION |
FIND |
GET |
GET SAME |
GET TRANSACTION |
HISTOGRAM |
LIMIT |
PASSW |
PERFORM BREAK PROCESSING
| READ |
RETRY |
STORE |
UPDATE
Belongs to Function Group: Database Access and Update
The BEFORE BREAK PROCESSING statement may be used in
conjunction with automatic break processing to perform processing:
before the value of the break control field is checked;
before the statements specified with an AT BREAK statement are executed;
before Natural system functions are evaluated.
This statement is most often used to initialize or compute values of
user-defined variables which are to be used in break processing (see
AT BREAK statement).
This statement is non-procedural (that is, its execution depends on an event, not on where in a program it is located).
See also the following sections in the Programming Guide:
The BEFORE BREAK PROCESSING statement may only be used
with a processing loop that has been initiated with one of the following
statements:
It may be placed anywhere within the processing loop and is always
related to the processing loop in which it is contained. Only one BEFORE
BREAK PROCESSING statement may be specified per processing loop.
The BEFORE BREAK PROCESSING statement must not be used in
conjunction with the statement PERFORM
BREAK PROCESSING.
| Syntax Element | Description |
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statement... |
Statement(s) for Break Processing: In
place of statement, you must supply one
or several suitable statements, depending on the situation.
For an example of a statement, see Example below. If no break processing is to be performed (that is, no
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END-BEFORE |
End of BEFORE BREAK PROCESSING
Statement:
In structured mode, the Natural reserved word
In reporting mode, use the |
** Example 'BBPEX1': BEFORE BREAK PROCESSING
************************************************************************
DEFINE DATA LOCAL
1 EMPLOY-VIEW VIEW OF EMPLOYEES
2 CITY
2 NAME
2 SALARY (1)
2 BONUS (1,1)
*
1 #INCOME (P11)
END-DEFINE
*
LIMIT 7
READ EMPLOY-VIEW BY CITY = 'L'
/*
BEFORE BREAK PROCESSING
COMPUTE #INCOME = SALARY (1) + BONUS (1,1)
END-BEFORE
/*
AT BREAK OF CITY
WRITE NOTITLE 'AVERAGE INCOME FOR' OLD (CITY) 20X AVER(#INCOME) /
END-BREAK
/*
DISPLAY CITY 'NAME' NAME 'SALARY' SALARY (1) 'BONUS' BONUS (1,1)
END-READ
END
CITY NAME SALARY BONUS
-------------------- -------------------- ---------- ----------
LA BASSEE HULOT 165000 70000
AVERAGE INCOME FOR LA BASSEE 235000
LA CHAPELLE ST LUC GUILLARD 124100 23000
LA CHAPELLE ST LUC BERGE 198500 50000
LA CHAPELLE ST LUC POLETTE 124090 23000
LA CHAPELLE ST LUC DELAUNEY 115000 23000
LA CHAPELLE ST LUC SCHECK 125600 23000
LA CHAPELLE ST LUC KREEBS 184550 50000
AVERAGE INCOME FOR LA CHAPELLE ST LUC 177306