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Try...catch

Syntax

try {
	// Code
}
catch (err) {
	// Error handling
}

Keep in mind that try...catch works synchronously, so if you have asynchronous code and it throws an error after the execution of the try...catch block, then the error will not be caught.

In order to catch some exception in an asynchronous code, the try...catch must be inside the asynchronous function.

Error object

After an error has occurred inside the try...catch object, JavaScript generates an object containing the details about it

  • name: Name of the error that has occurred
  • message: Textual message about error details
  • stack: The current call stack

By default, if you print the err object, it will print all three of these information, name, message, and stack.

Throwing our own errors

We can use the throw operator to generate our own error.

Technically we can throw anything as the error object, like primitives, numbers or strings, but is better if you throw an object.

let error = new Error(message);

try {
	throw error;
}
catch (err) {
	console.log(err);
}

There are many built-in constructors for standard errors: Error, SyntaxError, ReferenceError














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