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Re: Stop and return to caller [message #71798 is a reply to message #71764]

Wed, 21 July 2010 08:11

pgrigis
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Registered: September 2007

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On Jul 21, 8:03 am, "Deckard++;" <arthur.vi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a small question for which I haven't found a pleasant solution.
> I am looking for a way to stop the execution of a procedure and return
> to the level of the programme that called that procedure. Currently I
> have something like this:
>
> pro my_pro,a,b
> on_error,2
>
> c = a + b
> if (c lt 0) then message,'c < 0! Stopping...'
> end
>
> It works, but the main problem is that since it is generated as an
> error, it outputs all the calling stack with line numbers and so on. I
> would like to do something cleaner, like for instance the "stop"
> procedure which outputs only the current position in the execution.
>
> Thanks a lot in advance,
>
> -- Arthur;

You should use the command "return" for that - it can be used in
procedures too.

pro test

... stuff

if condition EQ true then return

... stuff

end

Ciao,
Paolo

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