Bill Allombert on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:07:58 +0100 |
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Re: non-destructive interrupt of GP program |
On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 01:43:10PM -0800, Max A. wrote: > For simplicity assume that I run in GP the following program > > for(i=1,10^20,n=i) > > and want to interrupt it at some point and learn the value of n. > If I just press ^C, the value n will be lost: > > ? for(i=1,10^20,n=i) > *** for: user interrupt after 1,888 ms. > ? print(n) > n > > Is there a way to interrupt computations such that the value of > valuables is preserved? Maybe trap() is what you are looking for ? ? trap() ? for(i=1,10^20,n=i) *** for: user interrupt after 1,665 ms. *** Break loop (type 'break' or Control-d to go back to GP) [type <Return> in empty line to continue] break> print(n) 811758 Cheers, Bill