Use of NEXT SENTENCE is as dangerous as GO TO. Try using CONTINUE. The former takes you to the next period; the latter takes you to the end of the current conditional. One missed period and ....
---------------------------------------------------------------------- I've seen many programs without a single period. How they work is beyond my comprehension. Of course, a paragraph name does imply a period. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN