quit

Terminates Scilab or decreases the pause level

Calling Sequence

quit

Description

The quit command has two different meanings depending on the calling context:

:If there is no pause active, then the quit command makes Scilab

terminate, even if the command is called inside a function.

: :If there is a pause active, then the quit command makes abort

of the instructions started at this pause level and terminates the current pause level.

:

Examples

// quit Scilab
function foo(x)
if x then
   quit
end
endfunction
foo(%t) //quits scilab

//terminate instruction started in a pause context
function foo(x)
if x then
   quit
end
endfunction
pause
foo(%t) //returns at the main prompt level

function foo1(x)
`mprintf`_('P1\n')
if x then
   pause
   `mprintf`_('P2\n')
end
`mprintf`_('P3\n')
endfunction

foo1(%t) //enter quit at the following prompt

See Also

• pause pause mode, invoke keyboard
• break keyword to interrupt loops
• abort interrupt evaluation.
• exit Ends the current Scilab session
• resume return or resume execution and copy some local variables