Unexpected Exception thrown, even after check.

[jeff00seattle]

I have the following code whereby an Exception is thrown even after check to prevent an exception from being thrown.

In this code, if function setupSearchBar() is not defined, then do not call this function:

function setupSearchOnLoad()
{
  try
  {
    if (setupSearchBar != undefined)
    {
      setupSearchBar();
    }
  }
  catch (ex)
  {
    alert("setupSearchOnLoad: Exception: "+ex.name+": "+ex.message);
  }
}

However, what occurs is an Exception is thrown from the if conditional statement because setupSearchBar is not defined:

Exception.error: ReferenceError
Exception.message: "setupSearchBar is not defined"

Why would this occur?

Jeff in Seattle

[mrhoo]

It is usually an error to use an undeclared variable in an expression.

You could use the typeof operator, which is made to handle undeclared types as undefined.

if(typeof setupSearchBar !='undefined')

If it is a global you could reference it to the window-

if(window.setupSearchBar)

[jeff00seattle]

Works like a charm! Thanks for the feedback!