NAME

       Builtins::exceptionMessage - Get a human-readable error message

SYNOPSIS

       String exceptionMessage( Exception e )

ARGUMENTS

       e The caught Exception

DESCRIPTION

       Return the error message in an Exception. This is useful for determining the exception caught by a catch-
       all clause, but it is preferable to catch Exceptions by name.

    try {
        functionThatMayGoWrong(a,b,c);
    } catch(e) {
        putStrLn("Something went wrong: "+exceptionMessage(e));
    }

AUTHORS

       Kaya  standard  library  by  Edwin  Brady,  Chris  Morris  and  others  (kaya@kayalang.org).  For further
       information see http://kayalang.org/

LICENSE

       The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the  terms  of
       the  GNU  Lesser  General  Public  License  (version  2.1  or any later version) as published by the Free
       Software Foundation.

RELATED

       Builtins.exceptionBacktrace (3kaya)
       Builtins.exceptionCode (3kaya)

Kaya                                                July 2013                   Builtins.exceptionMessage(3kaya)