CustomFunctions.Error class

Use this class to handle errors and write custom error messages.

Remarks

[ API set: CustomFunctionsRuntime 1.2 ]

Examples

/**
 * Returns the #NUM! error as part of a 2-dimensional array.
 * @customfunction
 * @param {number} first First parameter.
 * @param {number} second Second parameter.
 * @param {number} third Third parameter.
 * @returns {number[][]} Three results, as a 2-dimensional array.
 */
function returnInvalidNumberError(first, second, third) {
  // Use the `CustomFunctions.Error` object to retrieve an invalid number error.
  const error = new CustomFunctions.Error(
    CustomFunctions.ErrorCode.invalidNumber, // Corresponds to the #NUM! error in the Excel UI.
  );

  // Enter logic that processes the first, second, and third input parameters.
  // Imagine that the second calculation results in an invalid number error.
  const firstResult = first;
  const secondResult = error;
  const thirdResult = third;

  // Return the results of the first and third parameter calculations
  // and a #NUM! error in place of the second result.
  return [[firstResult], [secondResult], [thirdResult]];
};

Constructors

(constructor)(code, message)

Constructs a new instance of the Error class

Properties

code

The error code returned by your custom function.

message

Your custom error message, such as "This stock price is unavailable". Custom messages are only available with certain error codes.

Constructor Details

(constructor)(code, message)

Constructs a new instance of the Error class

constructor(code: ErrorCode, message?: string);

Parameters

message

string

Property Details

code

The error code returned by your custom function.

code: ErrorCode;

Property Value

Remarks

[ API set: CustomFunctionsRuntime 1.2 ]

message

Your custom error message, such as "This stock price is unavailable". Custom messages are only available with certain error codes.

message?: string;

Property Value

string

Remarks

[ API set: CustomFunctionsRuntime 1.2 ]