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# SyntaxError - AS3

Package | Top Level
Class | public dynamic class SyntaxError
Inheritance | SyntaxError Error Object

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.0, Flash Lite 4

A SyntaxError exception is thrown when a parsing error occurs, for one of the following reasons:.

- An invalid regular expression is parsed by the RegExp class.
- Invalid XML content is parsed by the XML class.

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Related API Elements

RegExp class
XML class

Public Properties
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| Property | Defined By
--- | --- | ---
|  | constructor : Object A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance. | Object
|  | errorID : int [read-only] Contains the reference number associated with the specific error message. | Error
|  | message : String Contains the message associated with the Error object. | Error
|  | name : String Contains the name of the Error object. | Error

Public Methods
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| Method | Defined By
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|  | SyntaxError(message:String = "") Creates a new SyntaxError object. | SyntaxError
|  | getStackTrace():String Returns the call stack for an error at the time of the error's construction as a string. | Error
|  | hasOwnProperty(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined. | Object
|  | isPrototypeOf(theClass:Object):Boolean Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified as the parameter. | Object
|  | propertyIsEnumerable(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable. | Object
|  | setPropertyIsEnumerable(name:String, isEnum:Boolean = true):void Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations. | Object
|  | toLocaleString():String Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions. | Object
|  | toString():String [override] Returns the string "Error" by default or the value contained in the Error.message property, if defined. | Error
|  | valueOf():Object Returns the primitive value of the specified object. | Object

Constructor Detail

### SyntaxError

()
Constructor

`public function SyntaxError(message:String = "")`

Runtime Versions: | Flash Lite 4, Flash Player 9, AIR 1.0

Creates a new SyntaxError object.

Parameters

| `message:String` (default = "``")`` — Contains the message associated with the SyntaxError object.

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