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34 <helpdocument version=
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36 <topic id=
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37 <title id=
"tit" xml-lang=
"en-US">Err Function [Runtime]
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38 <filename>/text/sbasic/shared/
03050200.xhp
</filename>
41 <created date=
"2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.
</created>
42 <lastedited date=
"2004-08-24T11:37:52">converted from old format - fpe
</lastedited>
47 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"index" id=
"bm_id3156343"><bookmark_value>Err function
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49 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3156343" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"1" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"1"><link href=
"text/sbasic/shared/03050200.xhp" name=
"Err Function [Runtime]">Err Function [Runtime]
</link></paragraph>
50 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3150541" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"2">Returns an error code that identifies the error that occurred during program execution.
</paragraph>
52 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3149656" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"3">Syntax:
</paragraph>
53 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3154123" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"4">Err
</paragraph>
54 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3147229" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"5">Return value:
</paragraph>
55 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3150869" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"6">Integer
</paragraph>
56 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3153193" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"7">Parameters:
</paragraph>
57 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3149561" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"8">The Err function is used in error-handling routines to determine the error and the corrective action.
</paragraph>
58 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3147317" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"9">Example:
</paragraph>
59 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3153727" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"10">sub ExampleError
</paragraph>
60 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3147426" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"11">on error goto ErrorHandler REM Set up error handler
</paragraph>
61 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3163710" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"12">Dim iVar as Integer
</paragraph>
62 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3153093" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"13">Dim sVar As String
</paragraph>
63 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3149481" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"14">REM Error occurs due to non-existent file
</paragraph>
64 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3153190" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"15">iVar = Freefile
</paragraph>
65 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3146120" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"16">Open
"\file9879.txt" for Input as #iVar
</paragraph>
66 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3155308" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"17">Line Input #iVar, sVar
</paragraph>
67 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3153142" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"18">Close #iVar
</paragraph>
68 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3149665" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"19">exit sub
</paragraph>
69 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3154942" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"20">ErrorHandler:
</paragraph>
70 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3145646" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"21">MsgBox
"Error " & Err
& ": " & Error$ + chr(
13) +
"At line : " + Erl + chr(
13) + Now ,
16 ,
"an error occurred"</paragraph>
71 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3155418" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"22">end sub
</paragraph>