Catch Exceptions in JavaScript



To catch exceptions in JavaScript, use try…catch…finally. JavaScript implements the try...catch...finally construct as well as the throw operator to handle exceptions.

You can catch programmer-generated and runtime exceptions, but you cannot catch JavaScript syntax errors.

Example

You can try to run the following code to learn how to catch exceptions in JavaScript −

 Live Demo

<html>
   <head>
      <script>
         <!--
            function myFunc() {
               var a = 100;
               try {
                  alert("Value of variable a is : " + a );
               }
               catch ( e ) {
                  alert("Error: " + e.description );
               }
               finally {
                  alert("Finally block will always execute!" );
               }
            }
         //-->
      </script>
   </head>

   <body>
      <p>Click the following to see the result:</p>

      <form>
         <input type = "button" value = "Click Me" onclick = "myFunc();" />
      </form>
   </body>
</html>
Updated on: 2020-01-16T09:15:08+05:30

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