$ASSERTS

The $ASSERTS metacommand enables debug tests with the _ASSERT macro.

Syntax

$ASSERTS

$ASSERTS:CONSOLE

Description

• This metacommand does not require a comment ' or REM before it. There is no space between the metacommand name, the colon and the CONSOLE parameter.
• If this metacommand is used in a program and any of the set _ASSERT checkpoints will fail, then the program will stop with an _ASSERT failed error.
• Detailed error messages passed to the _ASSERT statement will be displayed in the console window, but only if $ASSERTS:CONSOLE is used.

Note

This metacommand is the main switch to enable debug tests during development. Later just remove this metacommand to compile the program without debugging code, all the _ASSERT statements may remain in the code for later debugging sessions, they are simply ignored without this metacommand.

Availability

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  v1.4

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  all

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  yes

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  yes

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  yes

Examples

Example

Adding test checks for parameter inputs in a function.

$ASSERTS:CONSOLE DO a = INT(RND * 10) b$ = myFunc$(a) PRINT a, , b$ _LIMIT 3 LOOP UNTIL _KEYHIT FUNCTION myFunc$ (value AS SINGLE) _ASSERT value > 0, "Value cannot be zero" _ASSERT value <= 10, "Value cannot exceed 10" IF value > 1 THEN plural$ = "s" myFunc$ = STRING$(value, "*") + STR$(value) + " star" + plural$ + " :-)" END FUNCTION

See also

• Metacommand
• _ASSERT
• $CHECKING
• Relational Operations
• ERROR Codes

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