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# Begin....End

The statement **Begin...End** uses the keywords **Begin** and **End** to create an enclosure that contains a block of statements.

Using **Begin….End**, allows the statements defined within the keyword enclosure to be viewed and treated as if they were a single statement, allowing the statements to become the body of a function or procedure and all executed together.

There is no limit to the number of statements that can be contained within the **Begin….End** enclosure block.

Comments can be included within the **Begin...End** statement block.

The following is an example of a simple **Begin...End** statement that also contains a comment line that will not be executed.

```pascal
procedure ScriptEvent (var Value : variant);
begin
 // This is a simple block enclosure containing 2 statements
  Value := 71
  LogInfo('The Value has been manually set to 71');
end;
```

Normally the **If** statement only allows one statement to be executed if the result of the If statement is **True**.

So that when the **If** statement is used within a **Begin….End** statement, only the first line following the **If** will be executed as a part of the **If** statement. For more information on the If statement, please review [If (If....Then/If....Else)](/statelake/scripting-reference/statements/if-if....then-if....else).

So in this following example, the line Hello campers! will display only when the condition on the **If** statement is **True**, and the second line What’s new pussycat? will display regardless of the result.

```pascal
procedure ScriptEvent (var Value : variant);
begin
 if Value>10 then
    LogInfo('Hello there campers!');
    LogInfo('What's new pussycat?');
end;
```

To have both lines display only when the condition on the **If** statement condition is met and is **True**, then it will be necessary to use a nested **Begin….End** statement to contain the required statements and have then execute together, as illustrated below.

In this example, the lines Hello campers! and What’s new pussycat? will display when the condition in the **If** statement is **True**.

```pascal
procedure ScriptEvent (var Value : variant);
begin
 if Value>10 then
 begin
    LogInfo('Hello there campers!');
    LogInfo('What's new pussycat?);
 end;
end;
```

Please refer to [Begin....End](/statelake/scripting-reference/statements/begin....end) for another form for creating blocks of statements. However, the difference between **Begin….End** and **Try….Except** is that **Try,,,,Except** supports error handling.