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echo_on

Enables echoing of NCL statements as they are encountered.

Prototype

	procedure echo_on (
	)

Description

Echoes NCL statements as they are encountered. This can be particularly useful when debugging NCL scripts in batch mode. This procedure has the same effect as the command line option -x and is useful in conjunction with echo_off.

See Also

echo_off

Examples

Example 1

Turn on echo mode to debug a script. Echoing of commands will occur until the end of the script.

begin
  [...]
  x = 0
  [...]

  echo_on()
  if (x .eq. 0)
      [...]
  end if

  [...]
end