[R] try catch block

Stephen Tucker
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:12:38 -0000

This is a useful reference on the tryCatch() function:
http://www1.maths.lth.se/help/R/ExceptionHandlingInR/

I think something like this should work:
xml <- tryCatch(xmlTreeParse(xmlTxt, useInternal=TRUE),
      error=function(err) xmlMalFormed())


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From: ppatel3026 <pratik.patel at us.rothschild.com>
To: r-help at r-project.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:15:43 PM
Subject: [R]  try catch block


How can I use the try catch block such that if this statement fails
xml <- xmlTreeParse(xmlTxt, useInternal=TRUE)

then this statement is executed

xml <- xmlMalFormed()

?

This code does not work but assuming its somewhere along these lines:
tryCatch(xml <- xmlTreeParse(xmlTxt, useInternal=TRUE), xml <-
xmlMalFormed(f1))


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