Continue Execution to Next Line-Number Hook without Stepping into
Functions
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ABBREVIATION
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c, con{tinue}
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FORMAT
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continue
[INTEGER]
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DESCRIPTION
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The
continue
command resumes execution of a program and breaks at the next line-number
hook in the context of the current function. However, a continue command issued at a function return is identical to a step command. The
debugger breaks at the epilog, first at
the callee's side and then at the caller's side.
The continue command
can be thought of as a step over command because,
when at a line hook, it steps over function calls. If a function is recursive,
either directly or indirectly, continue does
not break in a recursive invocation.
INTEGER is a nonnegative integer. (INTEGER can be 0.)
Use the INTEGER argument to specify the number of times you want the continue command to be performed.
The
continue command
does not suppress breakpoints requested by other commands (for example, break ). However, the occurrence of such breakpoints does
not interfere with the eventual interruption of execution as requested by continue. (At such a breakpoint, enter
go.)
If you issue continue
with an INTEGER argument, and the debugger breaks before the continue command is completed, you can issue it again with
a different value for INTEGER to change the number of times continue is performed. Suppose that the last continue issued is
continue 7,
and you reach a breakpoint after continue is
performed four times. If you decide you want continue
to be performed only once more, issue continue 1
at the breakpoint. (The three pending continue
commands are replaced with one continue.) continue 0 discards the three pending continue commands and
causes execution to resume. The go command causes the three pending continue commands to be
executed.
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EXAMPLES
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continue
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resumes execution and breaks at the next
line-number hook without stepping into functions.
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continue 10
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resumes execution and breaks at the tenth
line-number hook without stepping into functions.
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SYSTEM DEPENDENCIES
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none
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COMMAND CAN BE ISSUED FROM
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SCOPE
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The
continue
command is not affected by changes in scope.
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RETURN CODES SET
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not applicable
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SEE ALSO
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by SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA. All rights reserved.
