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Re: Capturing error messages

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg27302] Re: Capturing error messages
• From: "Paul Lutus" <nospam at nosite.com>
• Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 03:05:12 -0500 (EST)
• References: <96q2f5$mrv@smc.vnet.net>
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

<bbongiorno at attglobal.net> wrote in message news:96q2f5$mrv at smc.vnet.net...
> Gentlepeople,
>
> How can I program a routine that captures error messages and instead of
> the "indeterminate" or "1/0" blue "bell" messages, it can show a string
> "na".
> Additionally, when a statistical function cannot work, it can show "na"
> instead of reproducing the function command line.

WRT error messages, you have two choices:

1. Turn off the message:

Off[s::tag]

2. Change the message text:

s::tag = "your custom message."

Example:

Power::infy = "Hey! You can't do that!"

1/0

Power::infy: Hey! You can't do that!

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Paul Lutus
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