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Warning Messages
Description
Generates a warning message that corresponds to its argument(s) and (optionally) the expression or function from which it was called.
Usage
warning(..., call. = TRUE, immediate. = FALSE, noBreaks. = FALSE, domain = NULL) suppressWarnings(expr, classes = "warning")
Arguments
... | zero or more objects which can be coerced to character (and which are pasted together with no separator) or a single condition object. |
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call. | logical, indicating if the call should become part of the warning message. |
immediate. | logical, indicating if the call should be output immediately, even if getOption("warn") <= 0. |
noBreaks. | logical, indicating as far as possible the message should be output as a single line when options(warn = 1). |
expr | expression to evaluate. |
domain | see gettext. If NA, messages will not be translated, see also the note in stop. |
classes | character, indicating which classes of warnings should be suppressed. |
Details
The result depends on the value ofoptions("warn")
and on handlers established in the executing code.
If a condition object is supplied it should be the only argument, and further arguments will be ignored, with a message.
warning
signals a warning condition by (effectively) callingsignalCondition
. If there are no handlers or if all handlers return, then the value of warn = getOption("warn")
is used to determine the appropriate action. If warn
is negative warnings are ignored; if it is zero they are stored and printed after the top–level function has completed; if it is one they are printed as they occur and if it is 2 (or larger) warnings are turned into errors. Calling warning(immediate. = TRUE)
turns warn <= 0
into warn = 1
for this call only.
If warn
is zero (the default), a read-only variablelast.warning
is created. It contains the warnings which can be printed via a call to warnings
.
Warnings will be truncated to getOption("warning.length")
characters, default 1000, indicated by [... truncated]
.
While the warning is being processed, a muffleWarning
restart is available. If this restart is invoked with invokeRestart
, then warning
returns immediately.
An attempt is made to coerce other types of inputs to warning
to character vectors.
suppressWarnings
evaluates its expression in a context that ignores all warnings.
Value
The warning message as character
string, invisibly.
References
Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988)The New S Language. Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole.
See Also
stop
for fatal errors,message
for diagnostic messages,warnings
, and options
with argument warn=
.
gettext
for the mechanisms for the automated translation of messages.
Examples
testit <- function() warning("testit") testit() ## shows call testit <- function() warning("problem in testit", call. = FALSE) testit() ## no call suppressWarnings(warning("testit"))