error

Scilab Function
Last update : 01/06/2005

error - error messages

### Calling Sequence

  `error(message [,n])`
  `error(n)`
  `error(n,pos)`

### Parameters

- `message` : a character string. The error message to be displayed.
- `n` : an integer. The number associated with the error message
- `pos` : an integer. a parameter for the error message

### Description

`error` function allow to issue an error message and to handle the error. By defaut `error` stops the current execution and resume to the prompt level. This default can be changed using the `errcatch` or `execstr(...,'errcatch')` functions.

`error(message)` prints the character string contained in `message` . The number associated with the error message is 10000

`error(message,n)` prints the character string contained in `message` . The number associated with the error message is given by `n` . This number should be greater than 10000.

`error(n)` prints the predefined error message associated with the error number `n` .

Some predefined error messages require a parameter (see `error_table` ). In this case the `pos` argument must be used `error(n,pos)` to give the parameter value. In the other cases the `pos` argument is ignored.

see `error_table` for a list of error messages and the associated error numbers.

### Examples

    error('my error message')
    error(43)
    error(52,3)

### See Also

`warning` , `errcatch` , `execstr` , `lasterror` ,