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Informix Error -16372: Variable or expression expected.

Cause and resolution

Variable or expression expected.

You must identify what you want the Debugger to display in a PRINT command. Repeat the command, specifying the name of a variable, record or array, or an expression.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-16372 fires when a PRINT command doesn't identify what to display — per the official guidance.

  1. A PRINT command missing its argument, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Repeat the command, specifying a variable, record, array, or expression name, per the official guidance.
Examples
A PRINT command with no argument
> PRINT
Corrected
> PRINT x
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the PRINT command for a missing argument.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -16372 in this set yet.

PRINT was issued without a variable, record, array, or expression — supply one.