Summary

A name for the type of error.

Description

By default, Error instances are given the name "Error". The name property, in addition to the message property, is used by the Error.prototype.toString method to create a string representation of the error.

Examples

var e = new Error("Malformed input"); // e.name is "Error"
e.name = "ParseError";                // e.toString() would return
throw e;                              // "ParseError: Malformed input"

See also

• message
• toString