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DATA PROCESSING ACTIONS
Guide Section: Processing Events and Performing Actions
EASAP Tree: EVENT PROCESSING → ACTION / PROCESSES
DATA PROCESSING ACTIONS is a Parent for the ACTION's that assign values to explicit objects.
DATA PROCESSING ACTIONS may be a Child of another DATA PROCESSING ACTIONS. This allows for nested loops.
 DATA PROCESSING ACTIONS | Parent object for other ACTION's | ||
 DATE | allow the current date and/or time to be stored in an explicit SCALAR | ||
 EXTRACT | extract data from a file | ||
 SET LIST | set an explicit LIST | ||
 SET SCALAR | set an explicit SCALAR | ||
| DATA PROCESSING ACTIONS |
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| Optional Parameters: | |
| Do if: | logical expression, if FALSE then ACTION NOT performed else default→TRUE. |
| Loop if: | logical expression that causes set of DATA PROCESSING ACTIONS to be performed repeatedly if TRUE, and to stop when FALSE. |