Core JavaScript 1.5 Reference:Global Objects:RangeError
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- This page documents the use of the
RangeErrorobject itself and its use as a constructor. For a list of properties and methods inherited byRangeErrorinstances, see RangeError.prototype.
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[edit] Summary
Represents an error when a number is not within the correct range allowed.
[edit] Syntax
new RangeError([message[, fileName[, lineNumber]]])
[edit] Parameters
- message
- Human-readable description of the error
- fileName
- Non-standard
- The name of the file containing the code that caused the exception
- lineNumber
- Non-standard
- The line number of the code that caused the exception
[edit] Description
A RangeError is thrown when trying to pass a number as an argument to a function that does not allow a range that includes that number. This can be encountered when to create an array of an illegal length with the Array constructor, or when passing bad values to the numeric methods toExponential, toFixed, or toPrecision.
[edit] Properties
- prototype
- Allows the addition of properties to an RangeError object.
Properties inherited from Function.prototype
caller, constructor, length, name
[edit] Methods
The global RangeError contains no methods of its own, however, it does inherit some methods through the prototype chain.
Methods inherited from Object.prototype
__defineGetter__, __defineSetter__, hasOwnProperty, isPrototypeOf, __lookupGetter__, __lookupSetter__, __noSuchMethod__, propertyIsEnumerable, unwatch, watch