NAME iserror - test whether a value is an error value SYNOPSIS iserror(x) TYPES x any return zero or positive integer < 32768 DESCRIPTION If x is not an error value, zero is returned. If x is an error value, iserror(x) returns its error type. EXAMPLE > a = error(99) print iserror(a), iserror(2 + a), iserror(2 + "a"), iserror(2 + 3) 99 99 3 0 LIMITS none LINK LIBRARY none SEE ALSO error, errorcodes, isassoc, isatty, isblk, isconfig, isdefined, iseven, isfile, ishash, isident, isint, islist, ismat, ismult, isnull, isnum, isobj, isobjtype, isodd, isprime, isrand, israndom, isreal, isrel, issimple, issq, isstr, istype ## Copyright (C) 1999 Landon Curt Noll ## ## Calc is open software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under ## the terms of the version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License ## as published by the Free Software Foundation. ## ## Calc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY ## or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General ## Public License for more details. ## ## A copy of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License is ## distributed with calc under the filename COPYING-LGPL. You should have ## received a copy with calc; if not, write to Free Software Foundation, Inc. ## 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. ## ## @(#) $Revision: 29.2 $ ## @(#) $Id: iserror,v 29.2 2000/06/07 14:02:33 chongo Exp $ ## @(#) $Source: /usr/local/src/cmd/calc/help/RCS/iserror,v $ ## ## Under source code control: 1995/12/18 03:30:59 ## File existed as early as: 1995 ## ## chongo /\oo/\ http://www.isthe.com/chongo/ ## Share and enjoy! :-) http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/calc/