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JavaScript

Matthew Toczek
Matthew Toczek
8,266 Points
Posted by Matthew Toczek
Matthew Toczek
8,266 Points

err and response - Keywords?

The use of err and response within catch() and then() respectively is confusing me a little - are these keywords, or are they just being used as local variables? Could you use any word to replace these?

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Brandon Evans
Brandon Evans
8,154 Points
Brandon Evans
Brandon Evans
8,154 Points

Hey Matthew!

Someone can correct me if I am wrong, although you should be 100% correct in the err being a simple variable, so technically you could use any variable there you would like, although you will almost always see err or even sometimes error when handling errors. Personally, I am not sure if I've ever seen any sort of error handling in JS that uses anything other than err or error.

Hope this helps! :)