A function equivalent of the cfthrow tag and is used in the <cfscript> mode.

Data Output Functions Exception Handling Functions

cfcatch cfscript cfthrow cftry

For name=value pair:

throw (message = "message", type = "exception type", detail, errorCode = "error code", extendedInfo = "additional info", object = "java exception object")

For positional notations, the sequence must be followed exactly in the same manner as provided in the syntax. If you do not provide one of the attributes, use an empty string instead.

You can call this function by passing arguments as name=value pair or as positional arguments. For positional notations, specify the arguments in the sequence mentioned in the function syntax.

<cfscript> 
function TotalInterest(principal, annualRate, months) 
{     var years = 0; 
    var interestRate = 0; 
    var totalInterest = 0; 
    principal = REReplace(trim(principal), "[\$]", "", "ALL"); 
    annualRate = Replace(trim(annualRate), "%", "", "ALL"); 
     
    if ((principal <= 0) OR (annualRate <= 0) OR (months <= 0)) { 
        Throw(type="InvalidData",message="All values must be greater than 0."); 
     
    //Use of Throw function in cfscript 
    } 
    interestRate = annualRate / 100; 
    years = months / 12;     
    totalInterest = principal * (((1 + interestRate) ^ years) - 1); 
    return DollarFormat(totalInterest); 
} 
 
try { 
    WriteOutput(TotalInterest("$2500.00", "5.5%", "12"));     
    } catch(InvalidData ex)    { 
    //Displayig exception details on screen 
    WriteOutput("An InvalidData exception was thrown.</p>"); 
    WriteOutput("#ex.message#</p>"); 
} 
</cfscript>