CHAPTER 10 - CALC BASIC DEBUGGING

10.1 Debugging

Use the following tips to debug a program.

• Your program should consist of many functions and subroutines. Do not use one monolithic program.
• Test small portions of your program at a time to be sure everything works.
• Use many message boxes to print out the value of variables in the program. You can always comment them out later with a single quote.
• If you are testing a function, call it from a simple subroutine.
• If you are testing a subroutine with parameters, you must call it from the parent subroutine.

If you really get stuck, set a breakpoint in the subroutine and step through your code using the icons. To set the breakpoint, move the cursor to a statement for a start point. Then choose Debug -> Breakpoint On/Off. Press Step Into to step through your program. To exit Debug choose Step Out. To step through the program from the beginning choose Step Over.

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