WoW:API seterrorhandler: Difference between revisions

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Sets the function to be called when WoW encounters an error.

seterrorhandler(errFunction)

errFunction: Function - The function to call when an error occurs. The function is passed a single argument containing the error message.

If you wanted to print all errors to your chat frame, you could do:

seterrorhandler(print);

Alternatively, the following would also perform the same task:

seterrorhandler(function(msg)
 print(msg);
end);

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 {{wowapi}} __NOTOC__
-<!-- Describe the purpose of the function, exhausting detail can be saved for a later section -->
 Sets the function to be called when WoW encounters an error.
+ seterrorhandler(errFunction)
-<!-- List return values and arguments as well as function name, follow Blizzard usage convention for args -->
+== Arguments ==
- seterrorhandler(errfunc)
+; errFunction: Function - The function to call when an error occurs. The function is passed a single argument containing the error message.
-== Parameters ==
-=== Arguments ===
-<!-- List each argument, together with its type -->
-:;errfunc: [[errfunc]] - The function to be used as the error callback
-=== Source ===
-Information gleaned from looking at the source of [http://auctioneeraddon.com/dl/Swatter/ Swatter]
+== Example ==
+If you wanted to print all errors to your chat frame, you could do:
+ seterrorhandler(print);
+Alternatively, the following would also perform the same task:
+ seterrorhandler(function(msg)
+  print(msg);
+ end);
 [[Category:World of Warcraft API]]