<html> <head> <title>Gri: `assert' command</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000EE" vlink="#551A8B" alink="FF0000"> <!-- newfile Assert.html "Gri: `assert' command" "Gri Commands" --> <!-- @node Assert, Cd, List Of Gri Commands, List Of Gri Commands --> <a name="Assert" ></a> <img src="./resources/top_banner.gif" usemap="#navigate_top" border="0"> <table summary="top banner" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"> <font size=-1> <br> Chapters: </br> <a href="Introduction.html">1: Introduction</a><br> <a href="SimpleExample.html">2: Simple example</a><br> <a href="InvokingGri.html">3: Invocation</a><br> <a href="GettingMoreControl.html">4: Finer Control</a><br> <a href="X-Y.html">5: X-Y Plots</a><br> <a href="ContourPlots.html">6: Contour Plots</a><br> <a href="Images.html">7: Image Plots</a><br> <a href="Examples.html">8: Examples</a><br> <a href="Commands.html">9: Gri Commands</a><br> <a href="Programming.html">10: Programming</a><br> <a href="Environment.html">11: Environment</a><br> <a href="Emacs.html">12: Emacs Mode</a><br> <a href="History.html">13: History</a><br> <a href="Installation.html">14: Installation</a><br> <a href="Bugs.html">15: Gri Bugs</a><br> <a href="TestSuite.html">16: Test Suite</a><br> <a href="Acknowledgments.html">17: Acknowledgments</a><br> <a href="License.html">18: License</a><br> <br> Indices:</br> <a href="ConceptIndex.html"><i>Concepts</i></a><br> <a href="CommandIndex.html"><i>Commands</i></a><br> <a href="BuiltinIndex.html"><i>Variables</i></a><br> </font> <td width="500" valign="top"> <map name="navigate_top"> <area alt="index.html#Top" shape="rect" coords="5,2,218,24" href="index.html#Top"> <area alt="ListOfGriCommands.html#ListOfGriCommands" shape="rect" coords="516,2,532,24" href="ListOfGriCommands.html#ListOfGriCommands"> <area alt="Gri: List of commands" shape="rect" coords="557,2,573,24" href="ListOfGriCommands.html"> <area alt="Gri: `cd' command" shape="rect" coords="581,2,599,24" href="Cd.html"> </map> <map name="navigate_bottom"> <area alt="index.html#Top" shape="rect" coords="5,2,218,24" href="index.html#Top"> <area alt="Gri: `cd' command" shape="rect" coords="581,2,599,24" href="Cd.html"></map> <h3>9.3.1: `<font color="#82140F"><code>assert</code></font>'</h3> <!-- latex: \index{assert} --> <TABLE SUMMARY="Example" BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#efefef" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> <PRE> <font color="#82140F"> `assert .condition. ["message"] </font></PRE> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <p> The condition may be a variable, a synonym, or an RPN expression. If this condition is true (i.e. evaluates to a non-zero number), do nothing. If the condition is false, the program will terminate with an error condition (in unix, it will terminate with a non-zero exit code). <p> Before termination, a message will be printed, the form of which depends on the optional `<font color="#82140F"><code>"message"</code></font>' string. <p> If no `<font color="#82140F"><code>"message"</code></font>' string is given, the the printed message will indicate the name of the command-file and the line at which the assert command was encountered. <p> If a `<font color="#82140F"><code>"message"</code></font>' string is given, and if it ends in a newline (`<font color="#82140F"><code>"\\n"</code></font>'), then this string is printed. <p> If a `<font color="#82140F"><code>"message"</code></font>' string is given, and if it does not end in `<font color="#82140F"><code>"\\n"</code></font>', then the string is printed along with an indication of the location in the command-file. <p> (Perl users will recognize this as being patterned on the `<font color="#82140F"><code>"die"</code></font>' command.) <p> </table> <img src="./resources/bottom_banner.gif" usemap="#navigate_bottom" border="0"> </body> </html>