ERRNAMES

The ERRNAMES option controls whether the value of the ERRORTEXT option contains the name of the error (that is, the value of the ERRORNAME option) as well as the text of the error message.

Data type

BOOLEAN

Syntax

ERRNAMES = {NO|YES}

Arguments

NO: When you set ERRNAMES to NO, ERRORTEXT contains only the text of the error message.
YES: When you set ERRNAMES to YES (the default), ERRORTEXT contains the name and the text of the error message.

Notes

Related Statements

ERRORNAME, ERRORTEXT, and TRAP.

Examples

Example 11-29 ERRORTEXT Value Depending on ERRNAMES Setting

Suppose that you run the following program.

VARIABLE myint INTEGER
myint = 35/0
SHOW ERRORTEXT

When the value of ERRNAMES is set to YES, the program returns the following value for ERRORTEXT:

ERROR: (MXXEQ01) A division by zero was attempted.  (If you want NA to
  be returned as the result of a division by zero, set the DIVIDEBYZERO
  option to YES.)

When the value of ERRNAMES is set to NO, the program returns the following value for ERRORTEXT:

ERROR: A division by zero was attempted.  (If you want NA to be
  returned as the result of a division by zero, set the DIVIDEBYZERO
  option to YES.)