record.Rd

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\name{record}
\alias{record}
\title{Capture all Output}
\usage{
record(expr)
}
\arguments{
\item{expr}{An expression to be executed}
}
\value{
A list containing
\itemize{
\item \strong{results} - The object returned by \code{expr} or \code{list()} if an error was thrown
\item \strong{warnings} - NULL or a character vector if warnings were thrown
\item \strong{errors} - NULL or a string if an error was thrown
\item \strong{messages} - NULL or a character vector if messages were produced
}
}
\description{
This function silences all warnings, errors & messages and instead returns a list
containing the results (if it didn't error) + the warning and error messages as
character vectors.
}
\examples{
\dontrun{
record({
  x <- 1
  y <- 2
  warning("something went wrong")
  message("O nearly done")
  x + y
})
}
}