137. Errors in a procedure can be handled with an optional argument.#

topic: Procedures

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Errors in a procedure can be handled by setting an error flag and returning or by stopping with an error message. A procedure with an optional error flag argument can handle errors in either way, depending on whether an error flag is passed.

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