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Rerrmsg

Rerrmsg


Purpose
Get the last error message.
Synopsis
function Rerrmsg:string
Return value
The last error message in case of errors, or the empty string otherwise.
Example
The following example prints an error message in case of errors in R evaluations:
 Reval('missingfunction()')
 if Rerrcode<>0 then
  writeln('Something went wrong: ', Rerrmsg)
  Rclearerr
 end-if
Further information
The message returned by this function is a top-level description of the error. It is possible to also retrieve R own error message for example with Rgetstr("geterrmessage()").
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