# print-err command

The print-err command provides a means
of displaying messages from the messages file in their output format.

## Syntax

```
print-err file.reference msg.list{(options)}
```

## Parameter(s)

| file.reference | Name of the file, usually messages, that contains the message list. | |
| --- | --- | --- |
| msg.list | Indicates one or more item-IDs of items in the messages file. | |
| options | n | No pause option suppresses pause at end of page on terminal display. |
| p | Directs output to the printer, via the spooler. | |
| s | Used in FlashBASIC to allow stacked input. | |
Messages are generally kept in the dm,messages, file, but the process may specify any file which contains items
with a similar format to the items in dm,messages, file.

## Example(s)

Shows that it did not work, but
it actually did. Message 3 prints when an invalid command is issued.
The `'A'` is where the invalid command would display.

```
print-err messages 3

[3] The command ’A’ is not defined.
```

```
print-err messages 333

[333] The file of files cannot be cleared or deleted.
```

```
print-err messages 659 536

[659] Line printer ready.
[536] already logged off

data "stuff"
execute "print-err dm,messages, 201"
```
This FlashBASIC code produces the output:

```
[201] ’stuff’ is not a file name.
```

## See also

- [errmsg pointer](https://d3codex.com/systemfiles/errmsg-pointer/)
- [error statement](https://d3codex.com/pickbasic-flashbasic/error-statement/)
- [messages file](https://d3codex.com/systemfiles/messages-file/)
- [print-error command](https://d3codex.com/tcl/print-error-command/)

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Source: https://d3codex.com/tcl/print-err-command/ - part of the D3Codex reference.