what is the difference between implicit and explicit scope terminator with example? 



what is the difference between implicit and explicit scope terminator with example? ..

Answer / avijit bardhan

Implicit scope terminator is period which is used at the end of statement to terminate the scope of previous statements.




Explicit terminators are like END-PERFORM, END-READ, END-EVALUATE etc.

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