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.. rst-class:: align-right

**built-in method**

.. index:: pair: catch/3; Built-in method
.. _methods_catch_3:

``catch/3``
===========

Description
-----------

::

   catch(Goal, Catcher, Recovery)

Catches exceptions thrown by a goal. See also the ISO Prolog standard
definition. This built-in meta-predicate is declared as a private method
and thus cannot be used as a message to an object.

This method can also be used in grammar rules. In this case, the
meta-arguments are interpreted as grammar rule bodies.

Modes and number of proofs
--------------------------

::

   catch(?callable, ?term, ?callable) - zero_or_more

Errors
------

(none)

Examples
--------

(none)

.. seealso::

   :ref:`methods_throw_1`,
   :ref:`methods_context_1`,
   :ref:`methods_instantiation_error_0`,
   :ref:`methods_uninstantiation_error_1`,
   :ref:`methods_type_error_2`,
   :ref:`methods_domain_error_2`,
   :ref:`methods_consistency_error_3`,
   :ref:`methods_existence_error_2`,
   :ref:`methods_permission_error_3`,
   :ref:`methods_evaluation_error_1`,
   :ref:`methods_representation_error_1`
   :ref:`methods_resource_error_1`,
   :ref:`methods_syntax_error_1`,
   :ref:`methods_system_error_0`
