JavaScript Error name

Return the error name:

try {
adddlert("Welcome guest!");
}
catch(err) {
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = err.name;
}

Description

The name property sets or returns the name of an error.

Six different values can be returned by the error name property:

Error Name	Description	Try it
EvalError	Deprecated - use SyntaxError instead
RangeError	A number "out of range" has occurred	Try it »
ReferenceError	An illegal reference has occurred	Try it »
SyntaxError	A syntax error has occurred	Try it »
TypeError	A type error has occurred	Try it »
URIError	An error in encodeURI() has occurred	Try it »

errorObj.name

Type	Description
A string	The name of the error.

error.name is an ECMAScript1 (ES1) feature.

ES1 (JavaScript 1997) is fully supported in all browsers:


Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Safari	Opera	IE
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

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