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Re: How to get out of an endless loop ?

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On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 13:23:00 -0800, robertvanpass wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a datafile which is continuously updated.
> To plot this, I use an endless loop (simplified):
> 
> plot datafile while (1) {pause 1 ; replot}
> 
> How can I pause/unpause and stop this loop without exiting Gnuplot
> altogether ?
> 
> Thanks already.

I think the standard answer to such a question is "don't do that".

Instead of making an infinite loop
	while(1)
make it a test on something you can control externally.
Exactly what would work depends on the context in which the
program is run, but a typical example would be creation/deletion
of a named file.

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How to get out of an endless loop ? robertvanpass@gmail.com - 2018-01-18 13:23 -0800
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