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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" 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 1.4 2004/05/24 12:24:47 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH error n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -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} {
+ error "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