BREAK

Syntax

BREAK switch

Location

BTool

The command BREAK takes the parameter of either ON (=1) or OFF (=0) and enables or disables the ability to stop a program with the Break key <CTRL><SPACE> (and <ESC> on Minerva) accordingly.

Example

100 WINDOW 136,100,100,40: INK 7
110 BORDER 1,4,3: PAPER 3,0: CLS
120 SCALE 100,-50,-50: POINT 0,0
130 fast=ASK( "Fast (y/n)" ): CLS
140 BREAK fast
150 FOR n=0 TO 4000
160   IF BREAK% THEN AT 0,0: PRINT n
170   x=RND(-50 TO 50): y=RND(-50 TO 50)
180   z=SIN(PI*SQRT(x*x+y*y)/10)+1
190   IF z > 2*RND THEN POINT x,y
200 END FOR n
210 BREAK ON

NOTE 1

After the Break key has been disabled and re-enabled, if you try to Break from the interpreter’s command window #0 it might be disturbed. Instead of printing ‘not complete’ (error -1) in #0 when <CTRL><SPACE> is pressed, that message may appear in #2 and Break will work only once, the interpreter will not accept any further Breaks… A single <ENTER> after you initially press the Break key cures this.

NOTE 2

This command does not work under SMS.

CROSS-REFERENCE

See also BREAK%, FREEZE and FREEZE%.

Do not confuse BTool’s command BREAK with TinyToolkit’s function BREAK (although you can use both in the same program!)