is a symbol to which general system messages are attached.


General
is a symbol to which general system messages are attached.
Examples
Basic Examples (2)

Define a function that uses the system message when there are too many arguments:

This is the same as what a system function like Sin does:

See Also
Tech Notes
Related Workflows
- Understand Error Messages ▪
- Suppress Error Messages ▪
- Set Up Error Checking and Messages in a Function
History
Introduced in 1988 (1.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1988), General, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/General.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1988. "General." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/General.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1988). General. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/General.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_general, author="Wolfram Research", title="{General}", year="1988", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/General.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_general, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={General}, year={1988}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/General.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}