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--- structured_20exception_20handling [2018/04/17 19:00]
tbest3112 Added syntax highlighting
+++ structured_20exception_20handling [2020/06/05 21:40]
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-The **try** clause contains the code you want to execute, which may consist of any number of statements and may optionally call subroutines. This is the code that you anticipate //might// result in an error being generated. The **catch** clause contains the code you want to be executed if an error occurs whilst executing the **try** clause. Whether or not an error occurs, execution continues normally after the **catch** clause.\\ \\  BBC BASIC does not natively provide such a facility, but in //BBC BASIC for Windows// you can emulate the behaviour quite easily as follows:\\ \\
+The **try** clause contains the code you want to execute, which may consist of any number of statements and may optionally call subroutines. This is the code that you anticipate //might// result in an error being generated. The **catch** clause contains the code you want to be executed if an error occurs whilst executing the **try** clause. Whether or not an error occurs, execution continues normally after the **catch** clause.\\ \\  BBC BASIC does not natively provide such a facility, but in //BBC BASIC for Windows// and //BBC BASIC for SDL 2.0// you can emulate the behaviour quite easily as follows:\\ \\
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         ON ERROR LOCAL IF FALSE THEN

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