MUMPS Error List

This is the list of errors from the MUMPS Standard.

Any implementation of STANDARD MUMPS should have the M-Error as part of the value of the special intrinsic variable $ECODE .

|| M-Error || Official Explanation || English Explanation ||
|| M1 || naked indicator undefined ||
|| M2 || invalid combination with P fncodeatom ||
|| M3 || $RANDOM seed less than 1 ||
|| M4 || no true condition in $SELECT ||
|| M5 || lineref less than zero ||
|| M6 || undefined lvn || some local variable is undefined ||
|| M7 || undefined gvn || some global variable is undefined ||
|| M8 || undefined svn ||
|| M9 || divide by zero ||
|| M10 || invalid pattern match range ||
|| M11 || no parameters passed ||
|| M12 || invalid lineref (negative offset) ||
|| M13 || invalid lineref (line not found) ||
|| M14 || line level not 1 ||
|| M15 || undefined index variable ||
|| M16 || argumented QUIT not allowed ||
|| M17 || argumented QUIT required ||
|| M18 || fixed length READ not greater than zero ||
|| M19 || cannot copy a tree or subtree into itself ||
|| M20 || line must have formallist ||
|| M21 || algorithm specification invalid ||
|| M22 || SET or KILL to ^$GLOBAL when data in global ||
|| M23 || SET or KILL to ^$JOB for non-existent job number ||
|| M24 || change to collation algorithm while subscripted local variables defined ||
|| M26 || non-existent environment ||
|| M27 || attempt to rollback a transaction that is not restartable ||
|| M28 || mathematical function, parameter out of range ||
|| M29 || SET or KILL on ssvn not allowed by implementation ||
|| M30 || reference to glvn with different collating sequence within a collating algorithm ||
|| M31 || controlmnemonic used for device without a mnemonicspace selected ||
|| M32 || controlmnemonic used in user-defined mnemonicspace which has no associated line ||
|| M33 || SET or KILL to ^$ROUTINE when routine exists ||
|| M35 || device does not support mnemonicspace ||
|| M36 || incompatible mnemonicspaces ||
|| M37 || READ from device identified by the empty string ||
|| M38 || invalid ssvn subscript ||
|| M39 || invalid $NAME argument ||
|| M40 || call-by-reference in JOB actual ||
|| M41 || invalid LOCK argument within a TRANSACTION ||
|| M42 || invalid QUIT within a TRANSACTION ||
|| M43 || invalid range value ($X,$Y) ||
|| M44 || invalid COMMAND outside of a transaction ||
|| M45 || invalid GOTO reference ||
|| M57 || more than one defining occurence of LABEL in ROUTINE ||
|| M58 || too few formal parameters ||