Assertions are a way of breaking out of code when there is an error or an unexpected input.

Some languages throw exceptions and some treat it as a break point.



Task

Show an assertion in your language by asserting that an integer variable is equal to 42.




' FB 1.05.0 Win64
' requires compilation with -g switch
 
Dim a As Integer = 5
Assert(a = 6)
'The rest of the code will not be executed
Print a
Sleep