Revision 613135 of ReferenceError

<div>
 {{JSRef("Global_Objects", "Error", "EvalError,InternalError,RangeError,ReferenceError,SyntaxError,TypeError,URIError")}}</div>
<h2 id="Summary" name="Summary">Summary</h2>
<p>The <code><strong>ReferenceError</strong></code> object represents an error when a non-existent variable is referenced.</p>
<h2 id="Description" name="Description">Description</h2>
<p>A <code>ReferenceError</code> is thrown when trying to dereference a variable that has not been declared.</p>
<h2 id="Syntax" name="Syntax">Syntax</h2>
<pre class="syntaxbox">
new ReferenceError(<var>[message[, fileName[, linenumber]]]</var>)</pre>
<h3 id="Parameters" name="Parameters">Parameters</h3>
<dl>
 <dt>
  <code>message</code></dt>
 <dd>
  Human-readable description of the error</dd>
 <dt>
  <code>fileName</code> {{Non-standard_inline}}</dt>
 <dd>
  The name of the file containing the code that caused the exception</dd>
 <dt>
  <code>lineNumber</code> {{Non-standard_inline}}</dt>
 <dd>
  The line number of the code that caused the exception</dd>
</dl>
<h2 id="Properties" name="Properties">Properties</h2>
<dl>
 <dt>
  {{jsxref("ReferenceError.prototype")}}</dt>
 <dd>
  Allows the addition of properties to an <code>ReferenceError</code> object.</dd>
</dl>
<h2 id="Methods" name="Methods">Methods</h2>
<p>The global <code>ReferenceError</code> contains no methods of its own, however, it does inherit some methods through the prototype chain.</p>
<h2 id="ReferenceError_instances" name="ReferenceError_instances"><code>ReferenceError</code> instances</h2>
<h3 id="Properties_2" name="Properties_2">Properties</h3>
<div>
 {{page('en-US/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/ReferenceError/prototype','Properties')}}</div>
<h3 id="Methods_2" name="Methods_2">Methods</h3>
<div>
 {{page('en-US/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/ReferenceError/prototype','Methods')}}</div>
<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2>
<table class="standard-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>ECMAScript 3rd Edition.</td>
   <td>Standard</td>
   <td>Initial definition.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('ES5.1', '#sec-15.11.6.3', 'ReferenceError')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('ES5.1')}}</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('ES6', '#sec-native-error-types-used-in-this-standard-referenceerror', 'ReferenceError')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('ES6')}}</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>
<p>{{ CompatibilityTable() }}</p>
<div id="compat-desktop">
 <table class="compat-table">
  <tbody>
   <tr>
    <th>Feature</th>
    <th>Chrome</th>
    <th>Firefox (Gecko)</th>
    <th>Internet Explorer</th>
    <th>Opera</th>
    <th>Safari</th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
    <td>Basic support</td>
    <td>{{ CompatVersionUnknown() }}</td>
    <td>{{ CompatVersionUnknown() }}</td>
    <td>{{ CompatVersionUnknown() }}</td>
    <td>{{ CompatVersionUnknown() }}</td>
    <td>{{ CompatVersionUnknown() }}</td>
   </tr>
  </tbody>
 </table>
</div>
<div id="compat-mobile">
 <table class="compat-table">
  <tbody>
   <tr>
    <th>Feature</th>
    <th>Android</th>
    <th>Chrome for Android</th>
    <th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
    <th>IE Mobile</th>
    <th>Opera Mobile</th>
    <th>Safari Mobile</th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
    <td>Basic support</td>
    <td>{{ CompatVersionUnknown() }}</td>
    <td>{{ CompatVersionUnknown() }}</td>
    <td>{{ CompatVersionUnknown() }}</td>
    <td>{{ CompatVersionUnknown() }}</td>
    <td>{{ CompatVersionUnknown() }}</td>
    <td>{{ CompatVersionUnknown() }}</td>
   </tr>
  </tbody>
 </table>
</div>
<h2 id="See_also" name="See_also">See also</h2>
<ul>
 <li>{{jsxref("Error")}}</li>
 <li>{{jsxref("ReferenceError.prototype")}}</li>
</ul>