NAME strerror - returns a string describing an error value SYNOPSIS strerror([x]) TYPES x error-value or integer in [0, 32767], defaults to errno() return string DESCRIPTION If x is the error-value with index n, strerror(x) and strerror(n) return one of: a system-generated message, a calc-generated description, a user-defined description created by newerror(str), the string "Error n", where, in the last form, n is represented decimally. EXAMPLE System error messages may be different for different systems. ; errmax(errcount()+3) 0 ; strerror(2) "No such file or directory" ; x = 3 * ("a" + "b") ; print strerror(x) Bad arguments for + ; a = newerror("alpha") ; print strerror(a) alpha ; print strerror(999) Error 999 ; a = 1/0 ; print strerror() Division by zero LIMITS none LINK LIBRARY none SEE ALSO strcat, strcpy, strlen, strncmp, strncpy, strpos, strprintf, strscan, strscanf, substr, errcount, errmax, error, iserror, errno, newerror, errorcodes, stoponerror ## Copyright (C) 1999-2006 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. ## 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. ## ## Under source code control: 1996/04/30 03:05:18 ## File existed as early as: 1996 ## ## chongo /\oo/\ http://www.isthe.com/chongo/ ## Share and enjoy! :-) http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/calc/