Catch SyntaxError Exception in JavaScript

Description

The following code shows how to catch SyntaxError Exception.

Example


<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
try {<!-- w  ww  . j  a  v  a  2 s.  co m-->
eval("a ++ b");        //causes SyntaxError
} catch (oException) {
if (oException instanceof SyntaxError) {
document.writeln("Syntax Error: " + oException.message);
} else {
document.writeln("An unexpected error occurred: " + oException.message);
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

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