Outputs an error message to the Web Console.
Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.
Syntax
console.error(obj1 [, obj2, ..., objN]); console.error(msg [, subst1, ..., substN]); console.exception(obj1 [, obj2, ..., objN]); console.exception(msg [, subst1, ..., substN]);
Note: console.exception()
is an alias for console.error()
; they are functionally identical.
Parameters
obj1
...objN
- A list of JavaScript objects to output. The string representations of each of these objects are appended together in the order listed and output.
msg
- A JavaScript string containing zero or more substitution strings.
subst1
...substN
- JavaScript objects with which to replace substitution strings within
msg
. This gives you additional control over the format of the output.
See Outputting text to the console in the documentation of console
for details.
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Console API The definition of 'console.error()' in that specification. |
Living Standard | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
error | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 4 | IE Full support 8 | Opera Full support 10.5 | Safari Full support 3 | WebView Android Full support 1 | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support 11 | Safari iOS Full support 1 | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
Substitution strings | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge
Full support
12
| Firefox Full support 9 | IE
Full support
10
| Opera ? | Safari ? | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android Full support 9 | Opera Android ? | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.