Name

Error.toString( ) — convert an Error object to a string

Availability

JavaScript 1.5; JScript 5.5; ECMAScript v3

Inherits from/Overrides

Overrides Object.toString( )

Synopsis

                  error.toString( )

Returns

An implementation-defined string. The ECMAScript standard does not specify anything about the return value of this method, except that it is a string. Notably, it does not require the returned string to contain the error name or the error message.

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