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Newbie Joined: 01 Mar 2002 Posts: 3

I assume it is probably the easiest thing in the world to do, but I can't seem to figure it out.

I have a script, which essentially has a loop. How could I manually stop the script from running?

GURU Joined: 26 Jul 2001 Posts: 1958 Location: Canada

Depends on the script and on the loop used.

You can throw in many #IF checks.

Post your loop script or the skeleton of it and that would help us figure
out a good way to break out of it.

TonDiening
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SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

Once the script is running it is very hard to stop if it was not written with a builtin kill switch. The line I use when I am testing new scripts that I think may be harzardous to my setting or may contain some bad logic is.

#IF (KillIT) {#ECHO Script killed!;#ABORT 1}

Just put that inside any loops your concerned about before starting the script.

Then you can either set yourself a button to toggle KillIT, or just set it manually in the command line, with "killit=1", when you know something is wrong.

Newbie Joined: 01 Mar 2002 Posts: 3

The script essentially consists of.

#while {@control_variable = "TRUE"} {

}

I can stop it by modifying @control_variable, but is there any way to break out of it in the middle of the loop somewhere. I don't seem to be able to find a command like break in C or last in Perl. Also, is there any sort of brute force method of stopping the script? Like killing a process in Unix?

GURU Joined: 26 Jul 2001 Posts: 1958 Location: Canada

You might be able to gain more control with the debugger open.

See help->find->scripts:
Debugging scripts
BREAK

I've never overly played with it myself.

TonDiening
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GURU Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 4379 Location: USA

The #ABORT command works like break in zMUD. Example:
#LOOP 1,%numrooms {#IF (%roomname(%i) = "Some Name") {#ECHO Found It!;#VAR roomnum %i;#ABORT}}

If you supply #ABORT with a 1 as an argument, it stops the whole script, not just the loop it is in. If you type #ABORT 1 in the command line, you can stop a script that has gone into an infinite loop. Also, hitting the ESC key will do the same thing.

Kjata

Newbie Joined: 01 Mar 2002 Posts: 3

Thanks for the help everyone. Its been very helpful.

Novice Joined: 14 Dec 2000 Posts: 34 Location: USA

Personally, when I am testing a new script, I have a macro set to do #ig (f12 for instance) so that I can stop all triggers and see what it messing up without losing the current move or case variables. After it works I set up a new class folder for the driving portion of the script and then set up hot keys to do a #t+ classfolder and a #t- classfolder. That way, if I get attacked by another player and stop the script, I can resume it after the fight right where I stopped it.