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How to Control the Flow of Execution

When you run your program,if a breakpoint points to indirect commands, the commands are automatically executed without stopping first. Execution is returned to the program according to the exit command that you specified in your indirect commands.

To return execution to your program following indirect command processing, use one of the following exit commands:

• BREAK—CA InterTest halts indirect command processing and issues a breakpoint display from where the indirect commands were invoked in the program.
• GOTO—CA InterTest resumes execution at the program statement number, offset, paragraph name, or indirect command statement number specified after the GOTO command.
• EXIT—CA InterTest resumes program execution at the breakpoint location from which the indirect commands were invoked and continues debugging the program until the next breakpoint.
• RUN—CA InterTest resumes program execution at the breakpoint location from which the indirect commands were invoked and ignores all subsequent breakpoints.