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echo_off

Disables echoing of NCL statements as they are encountered.

Prototype

	procedure echo_off (
	)

Description

Turn off echoing of NCL statements. This can be particularly useful when debugging NCL scripts in batch mode and is typically used in conjunction with echo_on. This procedure reverses the effect of the command line option -x.

See Also

echo_on

Examples

Example 1

Turn off echo mode when debugging a script. 

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

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

  [...]
end