Mark Wickens

STOP

Purpose

Temporarily halts program execution.

Example

STOP

Explanation

  1. Temporarily halts program execution and STOP appears on the display. Execution can be resumed by pressing EXE.
  2. Pressing SHIFT STOP while execution is halted by the STOP command displays the current program area and line number.
  3. Such commands as PRINT can be executed while execution is halted by the STOP command. Manual calculations can also be performed in the CAL mode.
  4. Open files, variable values and array values are retained as they are at the point when execution is halted
  5. The STOP status is cancelled when an error is generated, the mode is changed, or the program is edited while program execution is halted.

Sample Program

10  FOR I=1 TO 10
20  IF I=6 THEN STOP : PRINT
30  PRINT I;
40  NEXT I

Displays values for I in FOR ~ NEXT loop.

Execution is halted wjen I equals 6. Next, pressing EXE resumes execution.