STOP






Syntax 



   STOP


Description



The STOP command, when encountered in a procedure, stops all the procedures that are currently active and causes the program to resume reading from the keyboard.

When entered from the keyboard, the STOP is regarded as an unrecognized command. (Use EXIT to stop the program.)



Examples



Let FILEA, FILEB, and FILEC be the following procedures. 

   (FILEA)          (FILEB)           (FILEC)
    A1;              B1;               C1;
    A2;              START FILEC;      C2;
    A3;              B2;               EXIT;
    START FILEB;     B3;               C3;
    A4;              STOP;
    A5;              B4;
The command 

   START FILEA
is equivalent to the sequence of commands 

   (A1)
   (A2)
   (A3)
   (B1)
   (C1)
   (C2)
   (B2)
   (B3)


Notes



The EXIT and STOP commands are used mostly for debugging procedures. (When debugging a procedure, it is not always necessary to read all the way through it.)



Related Topics



  1. About Procedures
  2. Tailoring The Command Language
  3. The Percy Help System