# ESCAPE IMMEDIATE **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum\ **Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-on-Mainframes\ **Created:** [May 10, 2006, 2:54pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/escape-immediate/60945 "2006-05-10T14:54:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rahul\_mf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f08c70/32.png) [@rahul\_mf](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/rahul_mf)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 2:54pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/escape-immediate/60945/1 "2006-05-10T14:54:46Z")
Hi all, What is the difference between an ESCAPE BOTTOM and an ESCAPE IMMEDIATE statement?? Rahul ---
**Author:** ![Matthias1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@Matthias1](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Matthias1)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/escape-immediate/60945/2 "2006-05-10T18:00:31Z")
The Natural documentation says: > [@](#): > > If you specify the keyword IMMEDIATE, no loop-end processing will be performed. Example: ```auto define data local 01 view-name view of ddm-name 02 ab end-define * read view-name at end of data write '--- END OF LIST ---' end-enddata * write view-name * if *COUNTER >= 10 * escape bottom immediate /* uncomment this line for a test escape bottom end-if end-read end ``` ---
**Author:** ![Wilfried\_B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/wilfried_b/32/83_2.png) [@Wilfried\_B](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Wilfried_B)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/escape-immediate/60945/3 "2006-05-10T19:20:51Z")
rahul\_mf, sometimes I get the feeling, that you think asking is easier than searching for the answers yourself! Do you see the link that reads “Documentation” on top of this page? If not, you can look here: [http://developer.softwareag.com/ets/docu/nat\_docu.htm](http://developer.softwareag.com/ets/docu/nat_docu.htm). If you do not find an answer there, you can ask your questions in this forum. ---
**Author:** ![rahul\_mf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f08c70/32.png) [@rahul\_mf](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/rahul_mf)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 10:12am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/escape-immediate/60945/4 "2006-05-11T10:12:04Z")
Matthias, What actually does “loop-end processing” means ??? ---
**Author:** ![Matthias1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@Matthias1](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Matthias1)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 12:18pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/escape-immediate/60945/5 "2006-05-11T12:18:22Z")
> [@rahul\_mf](#): > > What actually does “loop-end processing” means ??? As I wrote: ```auto at end of data ... ``` ---
**Author:** ![rahul\_mf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f08c70/32.png) [@rahul\_mf](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/rahul_mf)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2006, 1:11am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/escape-immediate/60945/6 "2006-05-13T01:11:39Z")
Matthias, Does it mean that if in the above code the read statement does not contain the loop-end processing (in this cae “at end of data” statement) then in that case both ESCAPE BOTTOM and ESCAPE IMMEDIATE will do the same function,i.e.,we can use either of them. ---
**Author:** ![Matthias1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@Matthias1](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Matthias1)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 12:24pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/escape-immediate/60945/7 "2006-05-15T12:24:18Z")
> [@rahul\_mf](#): > > Does it mean that if in the above code the read statement does not contain the loop-end processing (in this cae “at end of data” statement) > then in that case both ESCAPE BOTTOM and ESCAPE IMMEDIATE will do the same function,i.e.,we can use either of them. Yes! But remember that an “ESCAPE IMMEDIATE” leads to a Natural Syntax Error (NAT0192). You have to write one of the following statements: ESCAPE ROUTINE IMMEDIATE ESCAPE MODULE IMMEDIATE ---
**Author:** ![rahul\_mf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f08c70/32.png) [@rahul\_mf](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/rahul_mf)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/escape-immediate/60945/8 "2006-05-15T14:41:25Z")
Thanks a lot Matthias 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Douglas\_Kelly](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/douglas_kelly/32/102_2.png) [@Douglas\_Kelly](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Douglas_Kelly)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 3:14am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/escape-immediate/60945/9 "2006-05-16T03:14:13Z")
Also: ESCAPE BOTTOM IMMEDIATE That is, IMMEDIATE is an option to modify the ESCAPE BOTTOM/ROUTINE/MODULE clauses. IMMEDIATE bypasses non-procedural code such as AT BREAK, AT END, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Matthias1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@Matthias1](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Matthias1)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 12:33pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/escape-immediate/60945/10 "2006-05-16T12:33:19Z")
> [@Douglas Kelly](#): > > IMMEDIATE bypasses non-procedural code such as AT BREAK, AT END, etc. Last week I realized that the processing of AT END OF PAGE is obviously not influenced by IMMEDIATE. Is there a special reason for this behaviour? ---
**Author:** ![Klaus\_Sponagel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Klaus\_Sponagel](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Klaus_Sponagel)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/escape-immediate/60945/11 "2006-05-16T15:07:36Z")
In my opinion AT END OF PAGE is not influenced by IMMEDIATE because AT END OF PAGE does not relate to a particular loop. Thus it is not part of the loop-end-processing. Only the AT conditions which relate to the ESCAPEed loop are affected by the IMMEDIATE. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/escape-immediate/60945/12 "2021-04-02T14:40:38Z")