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std::strerror - cppreference.com

char* strerror( int errnum );

Returns a pointer to the textual description of the system error code errnum, identical to the description that would be printed by std::perror().

errnum is usually acquired from the errno variable, however the function accepts any value of type int. The contents of the string are locale-specific.

The returned string must not be modified by the program, but may be overwritten by a subsequent call to the strerror function. strerror is not required to be thread-safe. Implementations may be returning different pointers to static read-only string literals or may be returning the same pointer over and over, pointing at a static buffer in which strerror places the string.

[edit] Parameters errnum - integer value referring to an error code [edit] Return value

Pointer to a null-terminated byte string corresponding to the errno error code errnum.

[edit] Notes

POSIX allows subsequent calls to strerror to invalidate the pointer value returned by an earlier call. It also specifies that it is the LC_MESSAGES locale facet that controls the contents of these messages.

POSIX has a thread-safe version called strerror_r defined. Glibc defines an incompatible version.

[edit] Example
#include <cerrno>
#include <clocale>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstring>
#include <iostream>
 
int main()
{
    const double not_a_number = std::log(-1.0);
    std::cout << not_a_number << '\n';
 
    if (errno == EDOM)
    {
        std::cout << "log(-1) failed: " << std::strerror(errno) << '\n';
        std::setlocale(LC_MESSAGES, "de_DE.utf8");
        std::cout << "Or, in German, " << std::strerror(errno) << '\n';
    }
}

Possible output:

nan
log(-1) failed: Numerical argument out of domain
Or, in German, Das numerische Argument ist ausserhalb des Definitionsbereiches
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