What subcommands can be used with "Stop" in Minitab 18?

[nkormanik]

Just a quick question. I notice that in Minitab 18, if you type "Stop;" the subcommands prompt comes up.

I've tried "Noprompt" and others, but always get an error message.

Anyone know what subcommands are allowed there?

Thanks.

Nicholas Kormanik

 

[Miner]

Are you trying to create/run a macro in Minitab, or are you typing this into the command prompt? This is a link to the Minitab 18 Macros Help reference. I did not recall, and could not find a Stop macro, so I suspect that you are seeing the normal fault when it encounters an error. You may be wanting the Pause or Exit macro instead.

 

[nkormanik]

The question is: Are there subcommands for the "Stop" command.

If so, what are they?

Thanks.

 

[Miner]

I have never seen a Stop command in Minitab, so I cannot answer.

 

[nkormanik]

Of course you have seen the Stop command.

What you haven't seen is a subcommand for the Stop command. Nor have I.

Weird.

But... if we were to ask the insiders at Minitab......

Ya know. Whatever.....

 

[Miner]

Actually, I have not. I checked 10 macros and none use the Stop command. The Macro Help link I provided earlier does not contain that command. You will find End, EndIF, EndDO and Exit, but no Stop.

 

[nkormanik]

There is a difference between "command" and "macro."

In help you can find a list of all the commands. "Stop" is among those.

Any command can be used within a macro.

 

[Miner]

Well, if you had answered my question back in post #2, we wouldn't have gotten to this point.

See page 53 of Minitab 18 Session Commands. There are no sub-commands to the Stop command.

 

[nkormanik]

Nothing wrong with this point.

However, we still don't know the answer to my initial question.

Wonder what subcommands can be used there.

In Minitab 17, even attempting to use a subcommand -- i.e., using a semicolon at the end of Stop -- gave an error message.

Minitab 18 permits the semicolon, and waits there for you, asking what subcommand you want to use.