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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2004-10-27 09:35:37 (GMT)
committerdkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2004-10-27 09:35:37 (GMT)
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'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: error.n,v 1.3 2000/09/07 14:27:47 poenitz Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: error.n,v 1.3.18.1 2004/10/27 09:35:38 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH error n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ error \- Generate an error
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
-Returns a TCL_ERROR code, which causes command interpretation to be
+Returns a \fBTCL_ERROR\fR code, which causes command interpretation to be
unwound. \fIMessage\fR is a string that is returned to the application
to indicate what went wrong.
.PP
@@ -53,9 +53,16 @@ If the \fIcode\fR argument is not
present, then \fBerrorCode\fR is automatically reset to
``NONE'' by the Tcl interpreter as part of processing the
error generated by the command.
+.SH EXAMPLE
+Generate an error if a basic mathematical operation fails:
+.CS
+if {1+2 != 3} {
+ \fBerror\fR "something is very wrong with addition"
+}
+.CE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-catch(n), tclvars(n)
+catch(n), return(n), tclvars(n)
.SH KEYWORDS
error, errorCode, errorInfo