# Difference Escape Top, Escape Bottom

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/difference-escape-top-escape-bottom/75678>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-on-Mainframes\
**Created:** [November 15, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/difference-escape-top-escape-bottom/75678 "2007-11-15T14:49:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![rams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bbce88/32.png) [@rams](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/rams)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/difference-escape-top-escape-bottom/75678/1 "2007-11-15T14:49:23Z")

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Hi,

please tell me difference between ESCAPE TOP and ESCAPE BOTTOM with examples.

Thanks in advance

Thanks,  
Bhaskar Reddy

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/difference-escape-top-escape-bottom/75678/2 "2007-11-15T14:54:31Z")

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[url][http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/documentation/natural/nat423mf/sm/escape.htm[/url]](http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/documentation/natural/nat423mf/sm/escape.htm%5B/url%5D)

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**Author:** ![Mishra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mishra](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Mishra)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 12:50pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/difference-escape-top-escape-bottom/75678/3 "2007-11-26T12:50:24Z")

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Hi Bhaskar,

The statements are self explanatory.and in brief

Escape top will force to perform another interation of the loop.  
Escape bottom will force the contol to come out of the loop.

Note: Escape statements are used in conjustion with Looping statements.

Steve and all please correct me if I am wrong.

Thanks,  
Mishra

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**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/difference-escape-top-escape-bottom/75678/4 "2021-04-02T14:48:54Z")

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