Embedding comments within loops

If you want to embed a comment (REM) within a loop, such as @FOR, you will get an error. I've found a away around that. Simply insert a string without any kind of REM prefix. The string is syntactically correct, and the compiler accepts it. It just has no effect on the result.

For example, the following code would generate an error:

@FOR (cnt:=1; cnt<10; 
cnt:=cnt +1;

REM "This is a remark";
myvalue := myvalue + 1;
)

Instead, use the following: 

@FOR (cnt:=1; cnt<10; 
cnt:=cnt +1;

"This is a remark";
myvalue := myvalue + 1;
)

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This was first published in June 2004

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