Nested Statement Restrictions

Type of Nested Statement No of Levels
PERFORM statements:
   - intermediate code 100
   - generated code depends on the amount of memory allocated by the operating system
  - debugging 254. If your program exceeds this level, Debugger will only Step, even if Zoom mode is specified.
IF statements (compiled code only)

Limited by:

  • the amount of stack space available when compiling the program
  • the run-time system to 255
CALL statements No specifiable limit. However, this is limited by the stack space allocated by the operating system.