R.oo (version 1.9.8)

abort: Aborts the current expression call

Description

Aborts the current expression call and returns to the top level prompt/browser without signalling a condition.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'default':
abort(message, call=NULL, ...)

Arguments

message

A character string giving the abort message.

call

An optional call expression.

...

Not used.

Value

• Returns nothing.

See Also

throw(). stop().

Examples

foo <- function() {
  tryCatch({
    stop("Woops!")
  }, error = function(ex) {
    cat("An error was caught: ", ex$message, "\n", sep="")
  })
  cat("Continuing...\n");
}

bar <- function() {
  tryCatch({
    abort("Woops!")
  }, error = function(ex) {
    cat("An error was caught: ", ex$message, "\n", sep="")
  })
  cat("This message will never be displayed...\n");
}

# An error generated by stop() can be caught
foo()

# ...which is not possible when using abort()
bar()