StdErr

Synopsis

     var
       StdErr: Text;

Description

The StdErr variable is connected to the standard error file handle. To report errors, you should prefer WriteLn (StdErr, 'everything wrong') over WriteLn ('everything wrong').

Conforming to

StdErr is a GNU Pascal extension.

Example

     program StdErrDemo;
     var
       Denominator: Integer;
     begin
       ReadLn (Denominator);
       if Denominator = 0 then
         WriteLn (StdErr, ParamStr (0), ': division by zero')
       else
         WriteLn ('1 / ', Denominator, ' = ', 1 / Denominator)
     end.

See also

StandardError, Output, Input.