From: utzoo!decvax!cwruecmp!mcguire Newsgroups: net.lang.pascal Title: if_then_else problem Article-I.D.: cwruecmp.478 Posted: Sat Feb 12 13:26:52 1983 Received: Sun Feb 13 05:57:44 1983 Not too long ago someone said he had a problem with the Pascal segment... if (conditional) then (*skip it*) else (statement) I think the problem is that you MUST have a statement between the then and the else. you could try... if (cond) then begin (*skip it*) end else (statement) I'm not positive about this so don't tell me if I'm wrong. If this helps, you're welcome; if not, sorry. Ryan