Is it possible to 'stop' function touched(touch)?

Questions
1

Hello all,

sorry if the answer to this question is a bit obvious but:

Let’s say that I have a program that counts the clicks on a screen. To do this I use something like:


function setup()
a = 0
end

function touched(touch)
    if touch.state == BEGAN then
        a = a + 1
	print(a)
    end
end

Now let’s say that I have a menu for this application. This program, if you tap the top of the screen will go to menu, and if you tap the bottom will go to the program function:


function setup()
a = 0
state = "menu"
end

function draw()
if state == "menu" then domenu() end
if state == "program" then doprogram() end

end

function doprogram()

-- more code here

if CurrentTouch.y > HEIGHT/2 then
        print("menu")
        state = "menu"
    end


function touched(touch)
    if touch.state == BEGAN then
        a = a +1 
	print(a)
    end
end

end

function domenu()

--do any code here

if CurrentTouch.y < HEIGHT/2 then
        state = "program"
        print("prog")
    end

end

The first time you run it it works fine, however, if you go from the function doprogram() back to domenu(), then it will still count the taps on the menu screen, even when not specified. Is there any way to stop this? Thanks!

2

@Giu989 Add an if statement to check what the current state is.

if touch.state==BEGAN and state=="program" then
     a=a+1
end
3

@dave1707 Thanks a lot!