'Function' can only appear in the main program

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ThePict

(Posted 2013) [#1]

Has anyone else seen this error when trying to run some code?

'Function' can only appear in the main program

My code was working fine, then I added more code to it and it won't run at all now giving me this unhelpful error message

Yasha

(Posted 2013) [#2]

It means the compiler is seeing a function definition within some other block construct (type, If/EndIf, another function, etc).

If you have a really large main loop, check that you didn't inadvertently define a function within it when part of the loop was offscreen or something?

Floyd

(Posted 2013) [#3]

You probably began a block but forgot to end it. Example:

For n = 1 To 5

Function nothing()
End Function

The missing Next is the real error but the message is misleading. The function definition seems to be inside a For/Next loop. The compiler has seen For and thinks it is inside the loop until it sees Next, which it never does.

ThePict

(Posted 2013) [#4]

Good call Floyd, I remember seeing this before now you mention it. The message is a bit misleading, I was looking for a bug inside my function...

Sure enough, a two minute scan of my code reveals a missing Next. I spent over two fruitless hours looking for bug elsewhere. On the plus side I tidied up my code a lot, it had gotten a bit sloppy.

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