Owner's manual

Publication 1746-RM001A-US-P
8-20 Execution Control and Interrupt Support Functions
STOP
Purpose
Use the STOP statement to break program execution at specific points in a
program. After a program is STOPped you can display or modify variables. You can
resume program execution with a CONTinue command. The purpose of the
STOP statement is to allow for easy program debugging.
Syntax
STOP
Example
1
STOP - IN LINE 40
>1 REM EXAMPLE PROGRAM
>10 FOR I = 1 TO 100
>20 PRINT I
>30 STOP
>40 NEXT I
READY
>RUN
1
STOP - IN LINE 40
READY
>CONT
2
STOP - IN LINE 40
READY
>CONT
3
STOP - IN LINE 40
READY
>CONT
4
STOP - IN LINE 40
READY
>
NOTE
The line number printed out after execution of the STOP
statement is the line number following the STOP statement, not
the line number that contains the STOP statement.