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JavaScript Node.js Basics (2014) Building a Command Line Application Using try and catch

Dennis Klarenbeek
Dennis Klarenbeek
17,168 Points

Can somebody help me with this challenge?

The challenge is

"Something bad is going to happen. Use a try block in the appropriate place to catch an error. Include a catch block with error as the parameter."

app.js
var jsonString = 'This is not a JSON String';
var jsonObject = JSON.parse(jsonString);

1 Answer

Dennis Klarenbeek
Dennis Klarenbeek
17,168 Points

Got my own answer already :-)

try { var jsonString = 'This is not a JSON String'; var jsonObject = JSON.parse(jsonString); } catch(error) {}