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Re: Use of STOP inside an IF statement [message #60882 is a reply to message #60881]

Tue, 17 June 2008 10:54

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Benjamin.R.Evans@gmail.com writes:

> But the stop command will not work inside the IF statment but it will
> work
> outside the IF statment. I need it to be inside the IF statement so
> that the program
> stops if a message is printed out.

Are you sure you mean "STOP"? I would think you would
want a RETURN here. But, in any case, there is no reason
you can't have a STOP inside of an IF statement. It is
identical to a breakpoint.

But I think there is something else going on here that
is confusing you.

Cheers,

David
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		Re: Use of STOP inside an IF statement By: Jeremy Bailin on Wed, 18 June 2008 11:19
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