description Property (JScript 5.6)


object.description [= stringExpression]

object: Required. Any instance of an Error object.

stringExpression: Optional. A string expression containing a description of the error.

The description property contains the error message string associated with a specific error. Use the value contained in this property to alert a user to an error that you can't or don't want to handle.

The following example illustrates the use of the description property:

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try x = y // Cause an error. catch(var e){ // Create local variable e. document.write(e) // Prints "[object Error]". document.write((e.number & 0xFFFF)) // Prints 5009. document.write(e.description) // Prints "'y' is undefined". }

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try
   x = y   // Cause an error.
catch(var e){   // Create local variable e.
   document.write(e)   // Prints "[object Error]".
   document.write((e.number & 0xFFFF))   // Prints 5009.
   document.write(e.description)   // Prints "'y' is undefined".
}

Version 5

Applies To: Error Object (JScript 5.6)

Reference

number Property (JScript 5.6)
message Property (JScript 5.6)
name Property (JScript 5.6)

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