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246.TH error n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
247.BS
248'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
249.SH NAME
250error \- Generate an error
251.SH SYNOPSIS
252\fBerror \fImessage\fR ?\fIinfo\fR? ?\fIcode\fR?
253.BE
254
255.SH DESCRIPTION
256.PP
257Returns a \fBTCL_ERROR\fR code, which causes command interpretation to be
258unwound. \fIMessage\fR is a string that is returned to the application
259to indicate what went wrong.
260.PP
261If the \fIinfo\fR argument is provided and is non-empty,
262it is used to initialize the global variable \fBerrorInfo\fR.
263\fBerrorInfo\fR is used to accumulate a stack trace of what
264was in progress when an error occurred; as nested commands unwind,
265the Tcl interpreter adds information to \fBerrorInfo\fR. If the
266\fIinfo\fR argument is present, it is used to initialize
267\fBerrorInfo\fR and the first increment of unwind information
268will not be added by the Tcl interpreter. In other
269words, the command containing the \fBerror\fR command will not appear
270in \fBerrorInfo\fR; in its place will be \fIinfo\fR.
271This feature is most useful in conjunction with the \fBcatch\fR command:
272if a caught error cannot be handled successfully, \fIinfo\fR can be used
273to return a stack trace reflecting the original point of occurrence
274of the error:
275.CS
276\fBcatch {...} errMsg
277set savedInfo $errorInfo
278\&...
279error $errMsg $savedInfo\fR
280.CE
281.PP
282If the \fIcode\fR argument is present, then its value is stored
283in the \fBerrorCode\fR global variable. This variable is intended
284to hold a machine-readable description of the error in cases where
285such information is available; see the \fBtclvars\fR manual
286page for information on the proper format for the variable.
287If the \fIcode\fR argument is not
288present, then \fBerrorCode\fR is automatically reset to
289``NONE'' by the Tcl interpreter as part of processing the
290error generated by the command.
291.SH EXAMPLE
292Generate an error if a basic mathematical operation fails:
293.CS
294if {1+2 != 3} {
295 \fBerror\fR "something is very wrong with addition"
296}
297.CE
298
299.SH "SEE ALSO"
300catch(n), return(n), tclvars(n)
301
302.SH KEYWORDS
303error, errorCode, errorInfo