Catch Exceptions

When an exception is thrown via a throw statement, the script halts with the exception value.

It is possible, via the try … catch statement, to catch exceptions, optionally with an error variable.

try { … } catch { … }

try { … } catch ( error variable ) { … }

// Catch an exception and capturing its value
try
{
    throw 42;
}
catch (err)         // 'err' captures the thrown exception value
{
    print(err);     // prints 42
}

// Catch an exception without capturing its value
try
{
    print(42/0);    // deliberate divide-by-zero exception
}
catch               // no error variable - exception value is discarded
{
    print("Ouch!");
}

// Exception in the 'catch' block
try
{
    print(42/0);    // throw divide-by-zero exception
}
catch
{
    print("You seem to be dividing by zero here...");

    throw "die";    // a 'throw' statement inside a 'catch' block
                    // throws a new exception
}

try
{
    // Call something that will throw an exception...
    do_something_bad_that_throws();
}
catch
{
    print("Oooh! You've done something real bad!");

    throw;          // 'throw' without a value within a 'catch' block
                    // re-throws the original exception
}