User Manual

14-8
k Using the Function Menu to Input Commands (Conditional Branches or
Loops) as Statement Blocks
From the script editor screen, you can use the function menu {COM} menu to input conditional
branch command and loop command statement blocks.
1
→
Perform this key
operation:
To input this
statement block:*
Perform this key
operation:
To input this
statement block:*
6(g)1(COM)
1(if)
if
| :

6(g)1(COM)
4(for)
foriin | :

6(g)1(COM)
2(ifelse)
if
| :

else:

6(g)1(COM)
5(f · ran)
foriinrange( | ):

6(g)1(COM)
3(ifelif)
if
| :

elif:

else:

6(g)1(COM)
6(while)
while | :

* The box () symbols in the above tables represent blank spaces. Box symbols do not
appear on the display. The vertical lines (
| ) are cursor locations immediately after input. The
vertical line ( | ) character is not inserted.
• In addition to the six statement blocks above, you can also use the catalog (page 14-9) to
input the statement blocks shown below.
• for:range(,)
• for:range(,,)
• if · and:else
• if · or:else
• def:return
•
The SHELL screen allows one-line input only, so block statement input is not allowed. From
the SHELL screen, selecting a menu that inputs statement blocks will input the first line of
the block only.