Re: [EpiData-list] Extending command over multiple lines

In EpiData Analysis you use a single backslash \ but this is not supported in EpiData Entry nor is there an alternative, I believe.

Hans Rieder

On 20:59, epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca wrote:

Is there a way of extending a command in the EpiData Entry CHK file beyond a single line? In my example below I've got around the problem by using nested IF... THENs but there may be another way. For instance in Stata a command can be extended over multiple lines by ending each line with ///.

admit1mon

AFTER ENTRY

 IF (admit1mon<>"JAN") AND (admit1mon<>"FEB") AND (admit1mon<>"MAR")

AND (admit1mon<>"APR") AND (admit1mon<>"MAY") AND admit1mon<>"JUN") THEN

   IF (admit1mon<>"JUL") AND (admit1mon<>"AUG") AND

(admit1mon<>"SEP") AND (admit1mon<>"OCT") AND (admit1mon<>"NOV") AND (admit1mon<>"DEC") THEN

     HELP "Month is a 3 character field, e.g. JAN, FEB, etc"

TYPE=ROR

     GOTO admit1mon

     CLEAR admit1mon

   ENDIF

 ENDIF

END

END

Cheers,

Suzanna Vidmar