>>-RAISE--+-condition------------+--+-------------+--;---------><
          +-ERROR--errorcode-----+  +-| options |-+
          +-FAILURE--failurecode-+
          +-SYNTAX--number-------+
          +-USER--usercondition--+
          +-PROPAGATE------------+

options:

|--+------------------------+--+--------------------+----------->
   +-ADDITIONAL--expra------+  +-DESCRIPTION--exprd-+
   |           +-,-----+    |
   |           V       |    |
   +-ARRAY--(----expri-+--)-+

   +-| EXIT |----------+
>--+-------------------+----------------------------------------|
   +-RETURN--+-------+-+
             +-exprr-+

EXIT:

|--EXIT--+-------+----------------------------------------------|
         +-expre-+

RAISE returns or exits from the currently running routine or method and raises a condition in the caller (for a routine) or sender (for a method). See Chapter 11, Conditions and Condition Traps for details of the actions taken when conditions are raised. The RAISE instruction can raise all conditions that can be trapped.

If you specify condition, it is a single symbol that is taken as a constant.

If the ERROR or FAILURE condition is raised, you must supply the associated return code as errorcode or failurecode, respectively. These can be literal strings, constant symbols, or expressions enclosed in parentheses. If you specify an expression enclosed in parentheses, a subexpression, the language processor evaluates the expression to obtain its character string value.

If the SYNTAX condition is raised, you must supply the associated Rexx error number as number. This error number can be either a Rexx major error code or a Rexx detailed error code in the form nn.nnn. The number can be a literal string, a constant symbol, or an expression enclosed in parentheses. If you specify an expression enclosed in parentheses, the language processor evaluates the expression to obtain its character string value.

If a USER condition is raised, you must supply the associated user condition name as usercondition. This can be a literal string or a symbol that is taken as a constant.

If you specify the ADDITIONAL option, the language processor evaluates expra to produce an object that supplies additional object information associated with the condition. The expra can be a literal string, constant symbol, or expression enclosed in parentheses. The ADDITIONAL entry of the condition object and the "A" option of the CONDITION built-in function return this additional object information. For SYNTAX conditions, the ADDITIONAL value must evaluate to a single-dimension Rexx array object.

If you specify the ARRAY option, each expri is an expression (use commas to separate the expressions). The language processor evaluates the expression list to produce an array object that supplies additional object information associated with the condition. The ADDITIONAL entry of the condition object and the "A" option of the CONDITION built-in function return this additional object information as an array of values. It is an error to use both the ARRAY option and the ADDITIONAL option on the same RAISE instruction.

The content of expra or expri is used as the contents of the secondary error message produced for a condition.

If you specify neither ADDITIONAL nor ARRAY, there is no additional object information associated with the condition.

If you specify the DESCRIPTION option, the exprd can be a literal string, a constant symbol, or an expression enclosed in parentheses. If you specify an expression enclosed in parentheses, the language processor evaluates the expression to obtain its character string value. This is the description associated with the condition. The "D" option of the CONDITION built-in function and the DESCRIPTION entry of the condition object return this string.

If you do not specify DESCRIPTION, the language processor uses a null string as the descriptive string.

If you specify the RETURN or EXIT option, the language processor evaluates the expression exprr or expre, respectively, to produce a result object that is passed back to the caller or sender as if it were a RETURN or EXIT result. The expre or exprr is a literal string, constant symbol, or expression enclosed in parentheses. If you specify an expression enclosed in parentheses, the language processor evaluates the expression to obtain its character string value. If you do not specify exprr or expre, no result is passed back to the caller or sender. In either case, the effect is the same as that of the RETURN or EXIT instruction (see Section 2.25, “RETURN”). Following the return or exit, the appropriate action is taken in the caller or sender (see Section 11.1, “Action Taken when a Condition Is Not Trapped”). If specified, the result value can be obtained from the RESULT entry of the condition object.

raise syntax 40                      /* Raises syntax error 40                */
raise syntax 40.12 array (1, number) /* Raises syntax error 40, subcode 12    */
                                     /* Passing two substitution values       */
raise syntax (errnum)                /* Uses the value of the variable ERRNUM */
                                     /* as the syntax error number            */
raise user badvalue                  /* Raises user condition BADVALUE        */

If you specify PROPAGATE, and there is a currently trapped condition, this condition is raised again in the caller (for a routine) or sender (for a method). Any ADDITIONAL, DESCRIPTION, ARRAY, RETURN, or EXIT information specified on the RAISE instruction replaces the corresponding values for the currently trapped condition. A SYNTAX error occurs if no condition is currently trapped.

signal on syntax
a = "xyz"
c = a+2                /* Raises the SYNTAX condition             */
.
.
.
exit
syntax:
  raise propagate      /* Propagates SYNTAX information to caller */