catch

Help Contents Conditional execution catch
throw error

catch tag instructionlist

command or operation. Runs its second input. Outputs if that instructionlist outputs. If, while running the instructionlist, a throw instruction is executed with a tag equal to the first input (case-insensitive comparison), then the running of the instructionlist is terminated immediately. In this case the CATCH outputs if a value input is given to THROW. The tag must be a word.

If the tag is the word error, then any error condition that arises during the running of the instructionlist has the effect of 

	THROW "ERROR
instead of printing an error message and returning to toplevel. The CATCH does not output if an error is caught. Also, during the running of the instructionlist, the variable ERRACT is temporarily unbound. (If there is an error while ERRACT has a value, that value is taken as an instructionlist to be run after printing the error message. Typically the value of ERRACT, if any, is the list [pause].)

Example: 

to t
	output catch "Hallo
	[	pr 1
		(throw "Hallo 1234)
		pr 2
	]
	pr 3
end
;t defined
t
;1
;1234  ;-)

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throw error