NAME errcount - return or set the internal error count SYNOPSIS errcount([num]) TYPES num integer return integer DESCRIPTION An internal variable keeps count of the number of functions evaluating to an error value either internally or by a call to error() or newerror(). The errcount() with no args returns the current error count. Calling errcount(num) returns the current error count and resets it to num. If the count exceeds the current value of errmax, execution is aborted with a message displaying the errno for the error. If an error value is assigned to a variable as in: infty = 1/0; then a function returning that variable does not contribute to errcount. EXAMPLE > errmax(10) 0 > errcount() 0 > a = 1/0; b = 2 + ""; c = error(27); d = newerror("a"); > print errcount(), a, errcount(), errmax(); 4 Error 10001 4 10 LIMITS 0 <= num < 2^32 LIBRARY none SEE ALSO errmax, error, strerror, iserror, errno, newerror, errorcodes