Input Validation Example

This example examines input. If the value is wrong, an exception (err) is thrown.

The exception (err) is caught by the catch statement and a custom error message is displayed:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<p>Please input a number between 5 and 10:</p>

<input id="demo" type="text">
<button type="button" onclick="myFunction()">Test Input</button>
<p id="p01"></p>

<script>
function myFunction() {
  var message, x;
  message = document.getElementById("p01");
  message.innerHTML = "";
  x = document.getElementById("demo").value;
  try {
    if(x == "") throw "empty";
    if(isNaN(x)) throw "not a number";
    x = Number(x);
    if(x < 5) throw "too low";
    if(x > 10) throw "too high";
  }
  catch(err) {
    message.innerHTML = "Input is " + err;
  }
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

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HTML Validation

The code above is just an example.

Modern browsers will often use a combination of JavaScript and built-in HTML validation, using predefined validation rules defined in HTML attributes:

You can read more about forms validation in a later chapter of this tutorial.

The finally Statement

The finally statement lets you execute code, after try and catch, regardless of the result:

Syntax

try {
  Block of code to try
}
catch(err) {
  Block of code to handle errors
}
finally {
  Block of code to be executed regardless of the try / catch result
}

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The finally Statement

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