Try/catch oneliner available?

Question

Just as you can convert the following:

var t; if(foo == "bar") {     t = "a"; } else {     t = "b"; } 

into:

t = foo == "bar" ? "a" : "b"; 

, I was wondering if there is a shorthand / oneline way to convert this:

var t; try {     t = someFunc(); } catch(e) {     t = somethingElse; } 

Is there a method of doing this in a shorthand way, preferably an oneliner? I could, of course, just remove the newlines, but I rather mean something like the ? : thing for if.

Thanks.

Answer 1

You could use the following function and then use that to oneline your try/catch. It's use would be limited and makes the code harder to maintain so i'll never use it.

var v = tc(MyTryFunc, MyCatchFunc);  tc(function() { alert('try'); }, function(e) { alert('catch'); });   /// try/catch  function tc(tryFunc, catchFunc) {      var val;      try {         val = tryFunc();      }      catch (e) {          val = catchFunc(e);      }      return val; }  

Answer 2

No, there isn't a "one-liner" version of try-catch besides simply removing all the newlines.

Why would you want to? Vertical space doesn't cost you anything.

And even if you'll settle for removing all the newlines, this, in my opinion, is harder to read:

try{t = someFunc();}catch(e){t = somethingElse;} 

than this:

try {     t = someFunc(); } catch(e) {     t = somethingElse; } 

What you have is perfectly fine. Readable code should be a priority. Even if it means more typing.