Scope termination Some statements, such as and , may themselves contain statements. Such statements may be terminated in two ways: by a period ('), which terminates all unterminated statements contained, or by a scope terminator, which terminates the nearest matching open statement.
Scope termInAtIon some stateMents, SUcH aS and , may themSELVes contain statemEnts. sUcH staTemEnTs mAY bE TeRmiNAted In two ways: by A period ('), whIch teRMinatEs alL unterminated STATeMeNtS coNtAined, oR by a SCope termiNaTor, WHich tErminaTEs the NEArest MaTChING OpeN staTEment.