[R] try catch block
Martin Morgan
mtmorgan at fhcrc.org
Wed Jun 18 00:21:08 CEST 2008
ppatel3026 <pratik.patel at us.rothschild.com> writes:
> How can I use the try catch block such that if this statement fails
> xml <- xmlTreeParse(xmlTxt, useInternal=TRUE)
>
> then this statement is executed
>
> xml <- xmlMalFormed()
library(XML)
xml <-
tryCatch({
# other code, then...
xmlTreeParse("sdf", useInternal=TRUE)
}, error=function(err) {
cat("err:", conditionMessage(err), "\n")
## etc
"oops"
})
xml # "oops"
> ?
?tryCatch has examples.
> This code does not work but assuming its somewhere along these lines:
> tryCatch(xml <- xmlTreeParse(xmlTxt, useInternal=TRUE), xml <-
> xmlMalFormed(f1))
Martin
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