Error Expectations in Jasmine

Question

I have the following function which works

function sum ()
{
    var total = 0,
        num = 0,
        numArgs = arguments.length;

    if (numArgs === 0) {
        throw new Error("Arguments Expected");
    }

    for(var c = 0; c < numArgs; c += 1) {
        num = arguments[c];
        if (typeof(num) !== "number") {
            throw new Error("Only number are allowed but found", typeof (num));
        }
        total += num;

    }

    return total;

}


sum(2, "str"); // Error: Only number are allowed but found "string"

The jasmine spec file is the following:

describe("First test; example specification", function () {
    it("should be able to add 1 + 2", function (){
        var add = sum(1, 2);
        expect(add).toEqual(3);
    });
    it("Second Test; should be able to catch the excption 1 +'s'", function (){
        var add = sum(1, "asd");
        expect(add).toThrow(new Error("Only number are allowed but found", typeof("asd")));
    });
});

The fist test works great, for the second one I get a failing test.
How should I handle the expected error in Jasmine?

To pass arguments to the function being tested, without using an anonymous function, try `Function.bind`: http://stackoverflow.com/a/13233194/294855 — Danyal Aytekin, Nov 05 '12 at 14:55
possible duplicate of [How to write a test which expects an Error to be thrown](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4144686/how-to-write-a-test-which-expects-an-error-to-be-thrown) — Factor Mystic, Aug 07 '14 at 14:18

score 16 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

As discussed in this question, your code does not work because you should pass a function object to expect rather than the result of calling fn()

    it("should be able to catch the excption 1 +'s'", function (){
//        var add = sum(1, "asd");
        expect(function () {
            sum(1, "asd");
        }).toThrow(new Error("Only number are allowed but found", typeof ("asd")));
    });

Error Expectations in Jasmine

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