JavaScript’s latest version added exception-handling capabilities. It provides try, catch and finally blocks to handle the exceptions.
Syntax of a try block with catch block:
try{
//block of statements
}catch(exception_var){
}
Syntax of a try block with a final block:
try{
//block of statements
} finally {
}
Syntax of try block with catch and finally block:
try{
//block of statements
}catch(exception_var){
}finally{
}
catch block:
The catch block is used for the exception handler. It is used after the try block.
Syntax:
try{
//block of statements
}catch(exception_var){
}
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<p id="test"></p>
<script>
try {
showalert("Welcome guest!");
}
catch(error) {
document.getElementById("test").innerHTML = error.message;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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