Interrupting Calculations
There will probably be times when you want to stop
Mathematica in the middle of a calculation. Perhaps you realize that you asked
Mathematica to do the wrong thing. Or perhaps the calculation is just taking a long time, and you want to find out what is going on.
The way that you interrupt a
Mathematica calculation depends on what kind of interface you are using.
| Alt+, or Cmd+Option+. | notebook interfaces |
| Ctrl+C | text-based interfaces |
Typical keys to interrupt calculations in Mathematica.
When doing some operations, it may take
Mathematica some time to respond to your interrupt. When
Mathematica does respond, it will give you a menu of possible things to do. This will typically include not only aborting your computation, but also entering a subsession or "dialog" to inspect its state.
