Breaking out of loop with a hotkey

[Toady]

I want to break out of a loop within a function and replay the same function with a hotkey but not go back to the original function and continue where it left off. Is this possible? Or does this don't make any sense? As of right now a hotkey acts like an interrupt, "run new subroutine then go back where it left off". I dont want that. Below is some pseudo code. Thanks.

Func myloop()

While 1
    ..
    do stuff until a hotkey is pressed
   if hotkey pressed then start this function over but dont come back and finish where it left off before hotkey was pressed.
    ..
Wend

EndFunc

[GEOSoft]

I want to break out of a loop within a function and replay the same function with a hotkey but not go back to the original function and continue where it left off. Is this possible? Or does this don't make any sense? As of right now a hotkey acts like an interrupt, "run new subroutine then go back where it left off". I dont want that. Below is some pseudo code. Thanks.

Func myloop()

While 1
    ..
    do stuff until a hotkey is pressed
   if hotkey pressed then start this function over but dont come back and finish where it left off before hotkey was pressed.
    ..
Wend

EndFunc

HotKeySet("Key","MyLoop")

[Toady]

HotKeySet("Key","MyLoop")

Yes, but this will create a large stack of return addresses if this hotkey gets pressed a ton of times.

[PsaltyDS]

The loop needs to watch an external (Global) flag for when to exit. Simple timer script for a demo:

Global $TimerRun
HotKeySet("r", "_StopTimer") ; Hit 'r' to restart
HotKeySet("x", "_Quit") ; Hit 'x' to exit
While 1
    $Seconds = _MyTimer()
    ConsoleWrite("Timer: " & $Seconds & " seconds elapsed" & @LF)
WEnd

; 1=Run, 0=Stop
Func _MyTimer()
    $TimerRun = 1
    Local $CurrTime = TimerInit()
    Local $Elapsed = 0
    While $TimerRun
        If TimerDiff($CurrTime) > 1000 Then
            $Elapsed += 1
            ToolTip("Elapsed Time (sec): " & $Elapsed, 100, 100)
            $CurrTime = TimerInit()
        EndIf
        Sleep(20)
    WEnd
    Return $Elapsed
EndFunc   ;==>_MyTimer

Func _StopTimer()
    $TimerRun = 0
EndFunc   ;==>_StopTimer

Func _Quit()
    Exit
EndFunc   ;==>_Quit

[Toady]

The loop needs to watch an external (Global) flag for when to exit. Simple timer script for a demo:

Global $TimerRun
HotKeySet("r", "_StopTimer") ; Hit 'r' to restart
HotKeySet("x", "_Quit") ; Hit 'x' to exit
While 1
    $Seconds = _MyTimer()
    ConsoleWrite("Timer: " & $Seconds & " seconds elapsed" & @LF)
WEnd

; 1=Run, 0=Stop
Func _MyTimer()
    $TimerRun = 1
    Local $CurrTime = TimerInit()
    Local $Elapsed = 0
    While $TimerRun
        If TimerDiff($CurrTime) > 1000 Then
            $Elapsed += 1
            ToolTip("Elapsed Time (sec): " & $Elapsed, 100, 100)
            $CurrTime = TimerInit()
        EndIf
        Sleep(20)
    WEnd
    Return $Elapsed
EndFunc   ;==>_MyTimer

Func _StopTimer()
    $TimerRun = 0
EndFunc   ;==>_StopTimer

Func _Quit()
    Exit
EndFunc   ;==>_Quit

Oh sweet, thats exactly what I need, THANKS