Warning: premature end of input

Maple provides this warning when you press Enter on an input region that is incomplete, typically because it doesn't end with : or ; . You need one of these to end any Maple command (except for quit , a help request with ? , system escape with ! in command-line Maple, or comment with # ). Your Maple command can extend over several lines, so this message doesn't indicate an error. It's just a reminder that if you really are finished the command, you still need that : or ; .

Similarly, this warning occurs if you started a for , while , if or proc statement but did not include the concluding od , fi or end .

If you wish to type multiline inputs without seeing the warnings, you can press Shift-Enter (i.e. Shift and Enter at the same time) instead of Enter. This produces another line in the input region, but no new > prompt. Or just keep typing on the same line: Maple will go to the next line automatically when this one is full.

Examples:

> a+b

>

Warning, premature end of input

> for i from 1 to 3 do f(i);

>

Warning, premature end of input

See also: separator , for , if

Maple Advisor Database R. Israel, 1997