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Chapter
Commands

10

10 -3

Use the CONT command to resume execution of a program stopped by a

Ctrl

+

C

(page 10 -4), BRKPNT(page 10 -2), SNGLSTP (page

10 -20), or a STOP (page 11 -36). If you stop a program by pressing

Ctrl

+

C

on the console device or by executing a STOP statement,

you can resume execution of the program by typing

CONT

. Between

stopping and re-starting the program you may display the values of
variables or change the values of variables. However, you cannot continue
if you modify the program during the STOP or after an error.

Important:

Ctrl

+

C

clears all input and output buffers.

Syntax

CONT

Return

Example

>10 FOR I = 1 TO 10000

>20 PRINT I

>30 NEXT I

>40 END

READY

>RUN

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Ctrl

+

C

STOP – IN LINE 30

READY

>CONT

20

21

22

Notice that after

Ctrl

+

C

is pressed and I is printed the value of

I is 20. The value of I is incremented several times before

Ctrl

+

C

is detected.

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