Try this:


x <- tryCatch(rnorm(-1), error = c)

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 5:25 PM, <guox@ucalgary.ca> wrote:

> As we knew, if a function is not used correctly,
> an error message will throw/display in R:
>
> > rnorm(-1)
> Error in rnorm(-1) : invalid arguments
>
> I would like to catch the error message or assign an error message to a
> variable so that I can use them some where else.
> So, how to catch error messages in R? Thanks,
>
> -james
>
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