oeli (version 0.7.1)

try_silent: Try an expression silently

Description

This function tries to execute expr and returns a string with the error message if the execution failed.

Usage

try_silent(expr)

Value

Either the value of expr or in case of a failure an object of class fail, which contains the error message.

Arguments

expr

[expression]
An R expression to be evaluated.

Details

This function is a wrapper for try.

See Also

Other function helpers: do.call_timed(), function_arguments(), function_body(), function_defaults(), quiet(), timed(), variable_name()

Examples

if (FALSE) {
try_silent(1 + 1)
try_silent(1 + "1")
}