User Guide

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Example

The first statement of this script checks whether the monitor is set to black and white and then

exits if it is:

on setColors

if _system.colorDepth = 1 then exit

sprite(1).foreColor = 35

end

See also

abort, halt(), quit(), pass, return (keyword)

exit repeat

Usage

-- Lingo syntax

exit repeat

Description

Keyword; instructs Lingo to leave a repeat loop and go to the statement following the end

repeat

statement but to remain within the current handler or method.

The

exit repeat keyword is useful for breaking out of a repeat loop when a specified

condition—such as two values being equal or a variable being a certain value—exists.

Example

The following handler searches for the position of the first vowel in a string represented by the

variable

testString. As soon as the first vowel is found, the exit repeat command instructs

Lingo to leave the repeat loop and go to the statement

return i:

on findVowel testString

repeat with i = 1 to testString.char[testString.char.count]

if "aeiou" contains testString.char[i] then exit repeat

end repeat

return i

end