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<code class="sig">err(msg: string) -&gt; result</code>
<div class="desc"><p>Wraps a failure in a <code>result</code>, carrying a message that says what went wrong. It is the counterpart to <a href="fn-ok"><code>ok</code></a>: a fallible function (declared <code>-&gt; result</code>) returns <code>err("…")</code> on the sad path instead of crashing or returning a magic sentinel. The caller recovers with <a href="kw-try"><code>try</code></a>/<code>else</code> — the <code>else</code> block sees the message as <code>error</code> — or tests it with <a href="fn-is_err"><code>is_err</code></a>. Unlike <a href="fn-panic"><code>panic</code></a>, which aborts, <code>err</code> is a value: the program keeps running and chooses a fallback.</p></div>
<div class="params"><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="param" id="param-msg"><code class="pname">msg</code><span class="pdesc">a message describing the failure (a string)</span></div></div>
<div class="examples"><h2>Example</h2><pre data-lang="ludic">program Config {
function volume(pct: int) -&gt; result {
if pct &lt; 0 or pct &gt; 100 { return err("volume out of range") }
return ok(pct)
}
test "err drives the fallback" {
let v = try volume(150) else { 100 } # clamp to a safe default
expect_eq(v, 100)
}
}</pre></div>
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