#linekeyword

Preprocessor directive to set the current line number and file name

Syntax

#line number [ "name" ]

Parameters

Name		Description
`number`		new line number `"name"` new file name (optional)

Description

Informs the compiler of a change in line number and file name and updates the __FILE__ and __LINE__ macro values accordingly.

Both compile time messages and run-time messages are affected by this directive.

This directive allows other programs to generate source code for the FreeBASIC compiler and have it return warning and/or error messages that refer to the original source used by the other program.

Remarks

Differences from QB

New to FreeBASIC

Example

#line 155 "outside.src"



Error 1000



'' Output is:

'' Aborting due to runtime error 1000 at line 157 of outside.src()

Reference

Documented in KeyPgPpline.html