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OPTION Statement

The following OPTION statement at the beginning of the sample program sets the maximum number of instructions that the program will execute:

OPTION MAXI,200

This program is set to execute no more than 200 instructions. By specifying a maximum number of instructions, you can prevent a program from going into an uncontrolled loop.

If the program tries to execute more than the maximum number of statements, the following message is displayed:

SCRIPT EXCEEDED INSTRUCTION LIMIT

The term "script" in this message refers to the ACL/E program.