How to quit a loop?

[player]

Hi, what is the best way to quit a loop? Lets say i check a resource file and after 10 executions/loops of the template the file is empty. So everything was processed and after that i want to quit the loop. I can check this with the logic function and see that the file is empty.

To what do i connect the logic step branch? Some say an empty macro, some say a pause macro, but isn't there a better way? I want to get the message "template executed successfully". But if i can't quit a loop properly, i can't get this message.

 

[Hungry Bulldozer]

You can exit from a loop with successful branch but during the loop execution go through unsuccessful

 

[player]

Sry, i don't understand. I know there is a successful exit and a failed release.

I check the string number in my resource file:

Number of Strings = 1? --> No --> failed release --> Loop continues

Number of Strings = 1? --> Yes --> successful exit --> Now i want to quit my template, but how? Do i connect the successful release to a pause, to an empty macros or to what to let a template execute successfully?

 

[Hungry Bulldozer]

If there are no any branches after branch with logic you don't need any additional steps to exit successful. It will just exit successfully

 

[player]

Hmm, counting the strings of my resource file is one of the first steps. So there are many branches after the counting strings branch.

Reason for that: I don't want that ZP deletes my resource file. So i have an empty line in this file at the beginning and after that all my bookmarking sites. If the number of strings is 1 (the remaining empty line) the template execution should stop, because all bookmarking sites have been processed.

 

[bigcajones]

If it bothers you so much just put a blank macro or a counter macro for the step out of your loop. Then template will give you successful execution. But I think that HB is right, execution of the branch with logic should give you success.

 

[Stereomike]

check if you used == or =
= assigns a value,
== does a comparison

Only == works for a logic test
(other variants= !=, >=,<=)
Very useful as well: && and || to tie several conditionals together.