[R] inconsistency in tryCatch...

[Bert Gunter]

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On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 12:01 PM akshay kulkarni <akshay_e4 using hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear members,
>                           I have the following code:
>
>         > tryCatch(function() print("fred"),  error = function(e)
> sum(1:3), finally = sum(1:3))
>          function() print("fred")
>
> The expected output from the tryCatch call should be to print "fred" to
> the console,

NO! You have simple defined the function -- you have not called/executed
it. This defines and calls it:

> tryCatch({function() print("fred")}(),  error = function(e) sum(1:3),
finally = sum(1:3))
[1] "fred"

Cheers,
Bert





> and exit, but as seen above, it is outputting
>           function() print("fred")
>
> Can you people please shed some light on what is happening?
>
> thanking you,
> Yours sincerely,
> AKSHAY M KULKARNI
>
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