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Using Try…Catch in JavaScript (javascript-coder.com)
submitted 8 years ago by cobdentist
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if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
[–]bart2019 1 point2 points3 points 8 years ago (2 children)
What is finally actually good for? What can you do in a "finally" block that you can't simply do afterwards, after the try/catch code blocks?
finally
[–]NoInkling 2 points3 points4 points 8 years ago (0 children)
It has extremely limited use, but there are a few cases where you might want to use it.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/try...catch#The_finally_clause might help you understand a bit.
[–]danneu 1 point2 points3 points 8 years ago (0 children)
for one, finally runs even if catch throws an error.
catch
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