errorCount()

Signature

errorCount() — returns numeric

Available in: model Category: Error Functions

Description

Returns the number of errors this object has associated with it. Specify property or name if you wish to count only specific errors.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
property	string	no	—	Specify a property name here if you want to count only errors set on a specific property.
name	string	no	—	Specify an error name here if you want to count only errors set with a specific error name.

Examples

1. Check how many errors are set on the object
if(author.errorCount() GTE 10){
    // Do something to deal with this very erroneous author here...
}

2. Check how many errors are associated with the `email` property
if(author.errorCount("email") gt 0){
    // Do something to deal with this erroneous author here...
}

3. Count errors by error name
if (author.errorCount("", "invalidFormat") GT 0) {
    // Handle errors with a specific error name
    writeOutput("There are fields with invalid formatting!");
}