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Interprets the value of errnum, generating a string with a message that describes the error condition as if set to errno by a function of the library.
The returned pointer points to a statically allocated string, which shall not be modified by the program. Further calls to this function may overwrite its content (particular library implementations are not required to avoid data races).
The error strings produced by strerror may be specific to each system and library implementation.
Possible output:
Reference
C library:
- <cassert> (assert.h)
- <cctype> (ctype.h)
- <cerrno> (errno.h)
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<cfenv> (fenv.h)C++11
- <cfloat> (float.h)
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<cinttypes> (inttypes.h)C++11
- <ciso646> (iso646.h)
- <climits> (limits.h)
- <clocale> (locale.h)
- <cmath> (math.h)
- <csetjmp> (setjmp.h)
- <csignal> (signal.h)
- <cstdarg> (stdarg.h)
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<cstdbool> (stdbool.h)C++11
- <cstddef> (stddef.h)
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<cstdint> (stdint.h)C++11
- <cstdio> (stdio.h)
- <cstdlib> (stdlib.h)
- <cstring> (string.h)
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<ctgmath> (tgmath.h)C++11
- <ctime> (time.h)
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<cuchar> (uchar.h)C++11
- <cwchar> (wchar.h)
- <cwctype> (wctype.h)
Containers:
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<array>C++11
- <deque>
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<forward_list>C++11
- <list>
- <map>
- <queue>
- <set>
- <stack>
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<unordered_map>C++11
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<unordered_set>C++11
- <vector>
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Input/Output:
Multi-threading:
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<atomic>C++11
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<condition_variable>C++11
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<future>C++11
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<mutex>C++11
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<thread>C++11
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Other:
- <algorithm>
- <bitset>
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<chrono>C++11
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<codecvt>C++11
- <complex>
- <exception>
- <functional>
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<initializer_list>C++11
- <iterator>
- <limits>
- <locale>
- <memory>
- <new>
- <numeric>
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<random>C++11
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<ratio>C++11
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<regex>C++11
- <stdexcept>
- <string>
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<system_error>C++11
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<tuple>C++11
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<type_traits>C++11
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<typeindex>C++11
- <typeinfo>
- <utility>
- <valarray>
function
<cstring>
strerror
char * strerror ( int errnum );
Get pointer to error message string
The returned pointer points to a statically allocated string, which shall not be modified by the program. Further calls to this function may overwrite its content (particular library implementations are not required to avoid data races).
The error strings produced by strerror may be specific to each system and library implementation.
Parameters
- errnum
- Error number.
Return Value
A pointer to the error string describing error errnum.Example
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Possible output:
Error opening file unexist.ent: No such file or directory |
See also
- errno
- Last error number (macro)
- perror
- Print error message (function)
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