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Stata Capture

-capture- suppresses output and prevents errors from halting execution, but without overwriting the return code.

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Usage

capture assert errors==0
if (_rc!=0) {
  display "There are errors!"
}

To un-suppress output, try capture noisily ....

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-The '''`capture`''' command runs commands while suppressing the output and capturing the return code.
+'''`-capture-`''' suppresses output and prevents errors from halting execution, but without overwriting the [[Stata/SystemVariables#Return_Code|return code]].
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-to prevent output from being suppressed, try `capture noisily ...`.
+To un-suppress output, try `capture noisily ...`.