[BioC] error handling in R

[A.J. Rossini]

Look at the try() function.


"Kimpel, Mark W" <mkimpel at iupui.edu> writes:

> A function I am calling from within one of my functions occasionally
> returns an error (bug in the other function, not my fault). When this
> happens, I would like for the value of the function that is blowing up
> to be "NA". Instead, my whole function blows up. 
>
> Is there a way I can do something like this?
>
> my.function(x)
> {
> if (is.error(function.someone.else(x))) {NA} else
> {function.someone.else(x)}
> }
>
> Unfortunately, R doesn't seem to provide for this "is.error" approach.
> Is there another answer?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
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