User Manual

17-8
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 {COMMAND} 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(COMMAND)
1(if)
if|:

6(g)1(COMMAND)
4(for)
foriin|:

6(g)1(COMMAND)
2(if · else)
if|:

else:

6(g)1(COMMAND)
5(for · range)
foriinrange(|):

6(g)1(COMMAND)
3(if · elif)
if|:

elif:

else:

6(g)1(COMMAND)
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 17-9) 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.