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is_err

This function determines whether the provided value is a error or not.

This function does not generate an event.

Function

is_err(value)

Arguments

Argument Type Description
value any (required) The value to be tested.

Return value

Returns true if the given value is an error, else it returns false.

Example

This code shows some return values for is_err():

[
    is_err( err() ),
    is_err( zero_div_err() ),
    is_err( try((1 / 0)) ),
    is_err( try((1 / 1)) ),
];

Return value in JSON format

[
    true,
    true,
    true,
    false
]