8.10 CONTAINS Statement

A CONTAINS statement separates the body of a main program, module, or external subprogram from any internal or module procedures it may contain. It is not executable.

The CONTAINS statement takes the following form:

CONTAINS

Any number of internal procedures can follow a CONTAINS statement, but a CONTAINS statement cannot appear in the internal procedures themselves.

For More Information:

• On module procedures, see Section 8.3.
  
  
• On internal procedures, see Section 8.7.