Try & Catch — How do you use them effectively?

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Published on 2010-04-19T03:20:26Z Indexed on 2010/04/19 3:23 UTC
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I've been trying to teach myself JavaScript, and one thing I was reading on is the try/catch structure. Unfortunately, the tutorial doesn't provide much explanation on how it would be useful, just how to set it up. Can anyone offer some insight?

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