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JavaScript: Validate whether a given value type is error or not

JavaScript validation: Exercise-2 with Solution

Write a JavaScript function to validate whether a given value type is an error or not.

Sample Solution:-

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript function to validate whether a given value type is error or not</title>
</head>
<body>

</body>
</html>

JavaScript Code:

function is_Error(input) {
   return input instanceof Error || toString.call(input) === '[object Error]';
}

console.log(is_Error(new Error('foo')));
console.log(is_Error(100));
console.log(is_Error('foo'));

Sample Output:

true
false
false

Flowchart:

Flowchart: JavaScript - Validate whether a given value type is error or not.

Live Demo:

See the Pen javascript-validation-exercise-2 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.


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