Don, start J: break 0 NB. display break usage
Jqt program in a loop, start jconsole and enter: break'' Jconsole program in a loop, enter: ctrl+c JHS program in a loop, enter: ctrl+c in the jconsole server window. Start jconsole On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 10:05 PM Don Kelly <d...@shaw.ca> wrote: > that is fine-but when a J program is running wild- how do I bring up > "break.bat"? I would like to know how to do this, other than ctrl > alt-del and then shut down J. > > Don Kelly > > On 2020-11-26 4:30 p.m., 'Pascal Jasmin' via Programming wrote: > > there is also a "break" utility (break.bat in windows) which will stop a > "runaway" program/function when executed.. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thursday, November 26, 2020, 06:10:10 p.m. EST, chris burke < > cbu...@jsoftware.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Use dbstopme to stop at a specific line, see the example below. A > > non-empty argument is a test, so stop if true. > > > > Caution: if using 902 beta, get the latest beta and qt addon, as there > > have been recent updates to debug. > > > > foo=: 4 : 0 > > a=. 2 + y > > dbstopme'' > > b=. a * 5 > > x + b > > ) > > > > dbg 1 > > 2 foo 3 > > > > On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 2:20 PM HH PackRat <hhpack...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I could have sworn that, a couple of months ago, someone posted some > >> code that included a "stop" command of some sort in explicit coding, > >> but I can't remember how it was done. I cannot find such a command > >> anywhere in NuVoc. Searching the wiki brought back the > >> "Vocabulary/JBreak" ancillary page, which referred only to the desktop > >> icon for basically stopping a "runaway" program. > >> > >> What I'm looking for is a J command of some type (something like > >> "stop." or some synonym). As I'm testing a program, I often want to > >> stop ever so often without executing the entire program. "break." and > >> "end." obviously don't work, since J won't even load a program that > >> doesn't use those words correctly as part of a larger construction. > >> > >> All I want to do is stop the program in the middle without using a > >> deliberate error (such as "13!:8 2") and without continuing to the end > >> of the program. I would appreciate any help with this! > >> > >> Harvey > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm