Developer Guide and Reference

ID 767251
Date 10/31/2024
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INQUIRE: IOMSG Specifier

The IOMSG specifier indicates a variable that becomes defined with information about an error, should one occur. It takes the following form:

IOMSG = msg

msg

Is a scalar character variable.

If an error occurs during the execution of the INQUIRE statement, msg becomes defined with an informative message about the error that occurred. If no error occurs, the definition status and value of msg remains unchanged.