---
name: "xerbla"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "lapack-doc"
version: "3.12.1-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xerbla"
---

# xerbla(3)

xerbla: error reporting

## NAME

xerbla - xerbla: error reporting

## SYNOPSIS

### Functions

subroutine **xerbla** (srname, info)\
 **XERBLA**

## Detailed Description

## Function Documentation

### subroutine xerbla (character\*(\*) srname, integer info)

**XERBLA**

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> XERBLA  is an error handler for the LAPACK routines.
!> It is called by an LAPACK routine if an input parameter has an
!> invalid value.  A message is printed and execution stops.
!>
!> Installers may consider modifying the STOP statement in order to
!> call system-specific exception-handling facilities.
!>
```

**Parameters**

*SRNAME*

```
!>          SRNAME is CHARACTER*(*)
!>          The name of the routine which called XERBLA.
!>
```

*INFO*

```
!>          INFO is INTEGER
!>          The position of the invalid parameter in the parameter list
!>          of the calling routine.
!>
```

**Author**

Univ. of Tennessee

Univ. of California Berkeley

Univ. of Colorado Denver

NAG Ltd.

Definition at line **69** of file **xerbla.f**.

## Author

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