NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Reference Summary

Core Statements
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RESUME The RESUME core statement returns control to the NCL line of code directly after the
statement that caused an ON block to be executed.
RESUME
RETRY The RETRY core statement returns to and retries the statement that caused an ON
block to be executed.
RETRY
RETSUB The RETSUB core statement returns to the statement after the most recently executed
GOSUB statement in a procedure.
RETSUB [ num-expr ]
RETURN The RETURN core statement returns from a called function or procedure.
RETURN { ( expression ) | variable [, variable … ] }
REVERT The REVERT core statement releases (in the current block) the most recently executed
ON block for the specified condition.
REVERT condition
SAY The SAY core statement writes a message to a terminal’s OCS window or to the
execution environment of the process.
SAY [ expression ]
SELECT The SELECT core statement selects one of several process paths, depending on the
evaluation of a set of expressions.
Format 1
[ label :] SELECT
WHEN expression-1 THEN statement [ statement … ]
…
[ OTHERWISE statement [ statement … ] ]
END [ label ]