Exceptions

You can catch programmer-generated and runtime exceptions, but you cannot catch JavaScript syntax errors. You may instantiate any of the exceptions in Table A-26, but interpreter-generated exceptions are usually of type Error .

Table A-26: JavaScript Exception Objects

Exception Object	Description
Error	Generic exception
EvalError	Thrown when eval() is used incorrectly.
RangeError	Thrown when a number exceeds the maximum allowable range.
ReferenceError	Thrown on the rare occasion that an invalid reference is used.
SyntaxError	Thrown when some sort of syntax error has occurred at runtime. Note that real JavaScript syntax errors are not catchable.
TypeError	Thrown when an operand has an unexpected type.
URIError	Thrown when one of Global's URI- related functions is used incorrectly.

You can invoke exceptions directly using throw .

throw : value;

The value can be any value, but is generally an Error instance.

Exceptions can be handled with the common try / catch / finally block structure.

  try  {  statementsToTry  }  catch  (  e  ) {  catchStatements  }  finally  {  finallyStatements  } 

The try block must be followed by either exactly one catch block or one finally block (or one of both). When an exception occurs in the catch block, the exception is placed in e and the catch block is executed. The finally block executes unconditionally after try/catch .