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The invalidArg function generates an argument exception.
invalidArg parameter-name error-message-string
Remarks
The parameter-name in the previous syntax is a string with the name of the parameter whose argument was invalid. The error-message-string is a literal string or a value of type string. It becomes the Message property of the exception object.
The exception generated by invalidArg is a System.ArgumentException exception. The following code illustrates the use of invalidArg to throw an exception.
let months = [| "January"; "February"; "March"; "April";
"May"; "June"; "July"; "August"; "September";
"October"; "November"; "December" |]
let lookupMonth month =
if (month > 12 || month < 1)
then invalidArg "month" (sprintf "Value passed in was %d." month)
months.[month - 1]
printfn "%s" (lookupMonth 12)
printfn "%s" (lookupMonth 1)
printfn "%s" (lookupMonth 13)
The output is the following, followed by a stack trace (not shown).
December
January
System.ArgumentException: Month parameter out of range.
See Also
Reference
Exceptions: The try...with Expression (F#)
Exceptions: The try...finally Expression (F#)
Exceptions: the raise Function (F#)
Exceptions: The failwith Function (F#)