[R] How to catch an error using try

ONKELINX, Thierry Thierry.ONKELINX at inbo.be
Tue Aug 4 10:31:14 CEST 2009


 
Put your function in try() and the test it's class

gene.seq <- try(getSequence (id=gene.map[,"ensembl_transcript_id"],
type="ensembl_transcript_id", seqType="3utr", mart=hmart))
if(class(gene.seq) == "try-error"){
	#code to run when an error occurs
} else {
	#code to run when no error occurs
}

HTH,

Thierry
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Onderwerp: [R] How to catch an error using try

Sometimes the following function call causes a database exception:

>  gene.seq <- getSequence (id=gene.map[,"ensembl_transcript_id"], 
> type="ensembl_transcript_id",
+                              seqType="3utr", mart=hmart)

I understand the above function must be called by try to capture the
eventual error.
WHat is not clear to me is how to realize that an error has occurred.
The on-line documentation mentions an invisible object of class
"try-error".
How shall I test whetehr such object has been created or not ?
I assume it is created whenever an error does occur ....?

Thank you for your help.
Maura 


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