Programmatically stop JavaScript execution in Firebug

breakpoints, debugging, firebug, javascript

Solution

You can use the `debugger` statement:

// your JS code
...
// break here
debugger;

It works in all major browsers.

Problem

I am currently debugging complex JavaScript code with Firebug. I am looking for a way to stop the JavaScript execution as if it was a breakpoint programmatically. Example: ``` instructions ... degugger.breakpoint(); // the execution stops here as if a breakpoint was // manually set other instructions ... ```

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