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Re: Branching on error messages?

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• Subject: [mg108978] Re: Branching on error messages?
• From: "Carl K. Woll" <carlw at wolfram.com>
• Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 08:39:02 -0400 (EDT)
• References: <201004081159.HAA08018@smc.vnet.net>

Look up Check.

Carl Woll
Wolfram Research

On 4/8/2010 7:59 AM, Jack L Goldberg 1 wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> In a module I have written I call Reduce and in the most common case,
> Reduce does exactly what I want.  In some rarer cases, however, Reduce
> returns the error message
>
> Reduce::nsmet: ... (basically, Reduce doesn't know how to simplify
> transcendental equations.)
>
> Suppose in Line L6 of my module I have this code
>
> L6 = Reduce[L5, var, Reals];
>
> I want something like this instead,
>
> L6 = If[ Reduce[L5, var, Reals] generates no error message,
> Reduce[L5,var,Reals], Module[ ... ];
>
> So if there is an error message, we go to Module[...] which I hope
> corrects things by introducing numerical methods.
>
> An alternative is this: Define newReduce which acts like Reduce when
> no error message of the type Reduce::nsmet occurs and uses my
> numerical techniques otherwise.
>
> I am unsure how to code L6 or whether to explore defining my own newReduce?
> Any guidance is appreciated, as usual.
>
> Jack
>
>
>
>    

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  • Branching on error messages?
    • From: Jack L Goldberg 1 <jackgold@umich.edu>