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30<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Err Function [Runtime]</title>
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34<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
35<lastedited date="2004-08-24T11:37:52">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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40<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3156343"><bookmark_value>Err function</bookmark_value>
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42<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>
43<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>
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45<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149656" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
46<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154123" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Err</paragraph>
47<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147229" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
48<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150869" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Integer</paragraph>
49<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153193" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
50<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>
51<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147317" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="9">Example:</paragraph>
52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153727" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">sub ExampleError</paragraph>
53<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147426" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">on error goto ErrorHandler REM Set up error handler</paragraph>
54<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3163710" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Dim iVar as Integer</paragraph>
55<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153093" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Dim sVar As String</paragraph>
56<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149481" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">REM Error occurs due to non-existent file</paragraph>
57<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153190" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">iVar = Freefile</paragraph>
58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146120" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Open "\file9879.txt" for Input as #iVar</paragraph>
59<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155308" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Line Input #iVar, sVar</paragraph>
60<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153142" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">Close #iVar</paragraph>
61<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149665" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">exit sub</paragraph>
62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154942" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">ErrorHandler:</paragraph>
63<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145646" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">MsgBox "Error " &amp; Err &amp; ": " &amp; Error$ + chr(13) + "At line : " + Erl + chr(13) + Now , 16 ,"an error occurred"</paragraph>
64<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155418" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">end sub</paragraph>
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