How to exit a program or rather not process further code if a condition is not met ?

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Say for example a check for a variable 'a' ?
If a is not equal to (a~= 1) abort the program and do not execute further codes , else continue ?
Thanks,
Tonu

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Arthur
Arthur on 21 Nov 2012
Error should only be used when there is, ehm, an error. To stop the execution otherwise, use return.
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Glenn
Glenn on 17 Apr 2018
Edited: Glenn on 17 Apr 2018
The return statement returns control to the program that called the function, it doesn't terminate execution unless called from the top level.
Is there a way to gracefully stop execution within a called function?

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Tonu
Tonu on 21 Nov 2012
Hey I just used the 'error' function , and it is working fine. If any other option , please suggest, Thanks,Tonu
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Aishwarya Lakshmi Srinivasan
Hi, can you please elaborate this ? In my case I am trying to abort a function that is currently running by setting the flag to false when abort button is pressed in an app designer.

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Anmar Mohammed
Anmar Mohammed on 11 Jul 2018
Thank you very much, greetings.

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