https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/what-is-flow-control/m-p/1151085#M52436 <P><A href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_flow#:~:text=In%20computer%20science%2C%20control%20flow,from%20a%20declarative%20programming%20language" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wikipedia - Flow Control</A>.</P><P>That summarizes the concept.&nbsp; It's not specific to Arcade, but the principle's the same.</P> Sun, 06 Mar 2022 19:34:01 GMT MicZatorsky_AEC 2022-03-06T19:34:01Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/what-is-flow-control/m-p/1151037#M52423 <P>The <A href="https://developers.arcgis.com/arcade/#:~:text=expressions%2C%20variables%2C%20and-,flow%20control,-statements.%20Arcade%20was" target="_self">Arcade docs</A> have a blurb about <EM>flow control</EM>:</P><BLOCKQUOTE><P>Arcade is a portable, lightweight, and secure expression language written for use in the ArcGIS platform. Like other expression languages, it can perform mathematical calculations, manipulate text, and evaluate logical statements. It also supports multi-statement expressions, variables, and <STRONG>flow control </STRONG>statements.</P></BLOCKQUOTE><P>What is flow control? I searched the web for "arcgis" "flow control", but didn't find much.</P><P>Thanks.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 06 Mar 2022 19:57:46 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/what-is-flow-control/m-p/1151037#M52423 Bud 2022-03-06T19:57:46Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/what-is-flow-control/m-p/1151041#M52424 <P>If-else statements, also for, continue, and break statements.</P> Sun, 06 Mar 2022 03:05:18 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/what-is-flow-control/m-p/1151041#M52424 AndyAnderson 2022-03-06T03:05:18Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/what-is-flow-control/m-p/1151085#M52436 <P><A href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_flow#:~:text=In%20computer%20science%2C%20control%20flow,from%20a%20declarative%20programming%20language" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wikipedia - Flow Control</A>.</P><P>That summarizes the concept.&nbsp; It's not specific to Arcade, but the principle's the same.</P> Sun, 06 Mar 2022 19:34:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/what-is-flow-control/m-p/1151085#M52436 MicZatorsky_AEC 2022-03-06T19:34:01Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/what-is-flow-control/m-p/1151127#M52440 <P>Ah, ok. I’m used to Flow Control being a name for a proprietary technology, like it is in the <A href="https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/work-order-flow-control-release-71" target="_self">IBM Maximo</A> world.</P> Mon, 07 Mar 2022 04:15:03 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/what-is-flow-control/m-p/1151127#M52440 Bud 2022-03-07T04:15:03Z