Non-standard: This feature is not standardized. We do not recommend using non-standard features in production, as they have limited browser support, and may change or be removed. However, they can be a suitable alternative in specific cases where no standard option exists.
The lineNumber data property of an Error instance contains the line number in the file that raised this error.
A positive integer.
Property attributes of Error: lineNumber
| |
|---|---|
| Writable | yes |
| Enumerable | no |
| Configurable | yes |
try {
throw new Error("Could not parse input");
} catch (err) {
console.log(err.lineNumber); // 2
}
window.addEventListener("error", (e) => {
console.log(e.lineNumber); // 5
});
const e = new Error("Could not parse input");
throw e;
This is not a standard feature and lacks widespread support. See the browser compatibility table below.
Not part of any standard.
| Desktop | Mobile | Server | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | Bun | Deno | Node.js | |
lineNumber |
No | No | 1 | No | No | No | 4 | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No | No |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Error/lineNumber