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Methods inherited from class Object
addProperty (Object.addProperty method), hasOwnProperty
(Object.hasOwnProperty method), isPropertyEnumerable
(Object.isPropertyEnumerable method), isPrototypeOf (Object.isPrototypeOf
method), registerClass (Object.registerClass method), toString
(Object.toString method), unwatch (Object.unwatch method), valueOf
(Object.valueOf method), watch (Object.watch method)
Error constructor
public Error([message:String])
Creates a new Error object. If message is specified, its value is assigned to the objects
Error.message property.
Parameters
message:String [optional] - A string associated with the Error object.
Example
In the following example, a function throws an error (with a specified message) if the two
strings that are passed to it are not identical:
function compareStrings(str1_str:String, str2_str:String):Void {
if (str1_str != str2_str) {
throw new Error("Strings do not match.");
}
}
try {
compareStrings("Dog", "dog");
// output: Strings do not match.
} catch (e_err:Error) {
trace(e_err.toString());
}
See also
throw statement, try..catch..finally statement
message (Error.message property)
public message : String
Contains the message associated with the Error object. By default, the value of this property is
"Error". You can specify a message property when you create an Error object by passing the
error string to the Error constructor function.
334 ActionScript classes