Looping and Program Control Instructions

The following is a list of the looping and flow control instructions available in RATS:

BEGIN	Starts an instruction block. A { is usually used in its place.
BRANCH	Jumps to a specific location in a program
BREAK	Breaks out of a loop
DBOX	User-defined dialog boxes
DO	Loops over an index
DOFOR	Loops over a list of items (e.g. data series)
END	Ends a loop or other compiled section, or a program
FIXED	Defines arrays inside a procedure or function
FUNCTION	Creates a user-defined function
GOTO	Jumps to a specific location in a program
HALT	Stops execution from within a compiled section
IF,ELSE	Executes one or more instructions under specified conditions
INFOBOX	Displays an updateable pop-up dialog box
LOOP	Loops indefinitely
MEDIT	Allows you to view or set array elements using a spreadsheet-style editor.
MENU,CHOICE	Create user-defined menus
MESSAGEBOX	Displays varieties of Yes/No and OK/Cancel dialog boxes
NEXT	Moves to top of loop block
QUERY	Requests input from the user
SELECT	Allows user to select items from a list in a dialog box
UNTIL	Conditional looping
USERMENU	Adds a custom menu to the menu bar, controls program flow
WHILE	Conditional looping