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>How do I detect an error in a "Set Directory" statement?
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>It appears that 'set the directory to "My Dir"; answer the result' will
>return an empty string on success, an error message on failure. This
>behavior makes sense.
>
>But 'set the directory to myFunction(); answer the result' appears to return
>the result of myFunction on success, and an error message on failure. I
>found this unacceptable because myFunction may return something that looks
>like an error.
>
>I'm assuming that 'the result' was getting confused by the function call.
>So I tried 'get myFunction(); set the directory to it; answer the result'.
>This form returns the value of 'it' on success, an error message on failure.
>So I have the same problem as with the function call.
>
>How can I reliably determine if "Set Directory" worked or failed?
Use a handler instead of a function.
Regards, Andu
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