From: utzoo!decvax!duke!unc!mcnc!ncsu!mauney Newsgroups: net.lang.pascal Title: if-then-else Article-I.D.: ncsu.1086 Posted: Sat Feb 12 16:37:51 1983 Received: Sun Feb 13 07:58:33 1983 The problem with ifthen (*nothing*) else is that Berkeley's compiler (incorrectly) requires a non-null statement in the 'then' portion. placing an empty begin-end pair will fix the problem. Jon Mauney