[R] Error Awareness

[Stephen H. Dawson, DSL]

Hi Bert,


Thanks for the reply.

The use case I presented involves working code, not diagnosing a script 
in development.

The concern is running a script where something changes outside of the 
script, as I stated. An example of a change is a data source changing 
perhaps the columns in the data source, or even changing the spelling of 
a column. The point is something changes.

The question then becomes how to be aware of the change when the reset 
of the script runs fine, as I presented.

Think of having a script running daily where you are not running it 
manually. How do you know there are errors in the script processing at 
this point?

Does this question now make more sense?


*Stephen Dawson, DSL*
/Executive Strategy Consultant/
Business & Technology
+1 (865) 804-3454
http://www.shdawson.com <http://www.shdawson.com>


On 12/23/21 10:49 AM, Bert Gunter wrote:
> ?tryCatch
>
> This list is not meant for tutorials. A web search on "find errors in
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> Bert Gunter
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> On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 3:14 AM Stephen H. Dawson, DSL via R-help
> <r-help using r-project.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> I am thinking about awareness of errors when an R script runs.
>>
>> My concern is I have an error-free script. I run it for months on end
>> without problems. Then, something changes somewhere causing an error. My
>> wonderment is how R will tell me I had an error in the script, but the
>> rest of the script ran without impairment.
>>
>> QUESTIONS
>> What are some of the more helpful options available to an R developer to
>> capture errors in a script run?
>>
>> What are some of the best processes to implement these more helpful options?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --
>> *Stephen Dawson, DSL*
>> /Executive Strategy Consultant/
>> Business & Technology
>> +1 (865) 804-3454
>> http://www.shdawson.com <http://www.shdawson.com>
>>
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