Causes a Lua error message


See also Lua library functions.

Signature:

error("message" [, level])

Arguments:

  • message - An error message to be displayed (string)
  • level - Level in the function stack at which the error message begins providing function information; e.g. 1 (the default, if omitted) to start at the position where error() was called, 2 to start at the function which called error(), 3 to start at the function which called that function, etc. (number)
This function is defined in the Lua standard libraries